"passivity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pæˈsɪvɪti/ Forms: passivities [plural]
Etymology: passive + -ity, from Latin passivitas. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|passive|ity}} passive + -ity, {{uder|en|la|passivitas}} Latin passivitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)
  1. The state of being passive. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being passive): πάθησις (páthēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), pasividá [feminine] (Asturian), пасі́ўнасць (pasíŭnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), пасивност (pasivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), passivitat [feminine] (Catalan), 被動狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 被动状态 (bèidòng zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), passivité [feminine] (French), pasividade [feminine] (Galician), Passivität [feminine] (German), Passivzustand [masculine] (German), passzivitás (Hungarian), tétlenség (Hungarian), éighníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), neamhghníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), passività [feminine] (Italian), pasywność [feminine] (Polish), bierność [feminine] (Polish), passividade [feminine] (Portuguese), pasivitate [feminine] (Romanian), пассивность (passivnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pasivita (Slovak), nečinnosť (Slovak), pasividad [feminine] (Spanish), паси́вність (pasývnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-passivity-en-noun-tj4s1QdY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 44 2 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 39 4 19 Disambiguation of 'the state of being passive': 91 6 0 2
  2. Submissiveness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (submissiveness): Unterwürfigkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-passivity-en-noun-P~4YvlUi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 44 2 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 33 44 5 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 39 4 19 Disambiguation of 'submissiveness': 9 87 1 3
  3. A lack of initiative. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a lack of initiative): инертност (inertnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Passivität [feminine] (German), Passivhaltung [feminine] (German), pasivitate [feminine] (Romanian), pasivita (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-passivity-en-noun-ulPz50R- Disambiguation of 'a lack of initiative': 1 1 98 1
  4. (psychiatry) The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychiatry
    Sense id: en-passivity-en-noun-GBQSkuyp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 44 2 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 39 4 19 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passiveness Related terms: passion, passionate, passive, patience, patient

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bierność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passividade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasivitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "passivnostʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пассивность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "word": "pasivita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "word": "nečinnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasividad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pasývnistʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being passive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паси́вність"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "submissiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterwürfigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inertnost",
      "sense": "a lack of initiative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инертност"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a lack of initiative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Passivität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a lack of initiative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Passivhaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a lack of initiative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasivitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a lack of initiative",
      "word": "pasivita"
    }
  ],
  "word": "passivity"
}

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