passiveness
1Passiveness — Pas sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [1913 Webster] To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. J. Edwards. [1913 Webster] …
2passiveness — index capitulation, inaction, inertia, resignation (passive acceptance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3passiveness — (n.) 1650s, from PASSIVE (Cf. passive) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
4passiveness — pasyvumas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Nenorus dalyvavimas sporto pratybose ir varžybose. atitikmenys: angl. passiveness vok. Passivität, f rus. пассивность …
5passiveness — pasyvumas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Sveiko, normaliai išsivysčiusio vaiko elgesio ypatumas, pasireiškiantis veiklos motyvacijos stoka. Pasyvumo priežastys: neįveikiami sunkumai, per lengvos užduotys, nepasitikėjimas… …
6passiveness — passive ► ADJECTIVE 1) accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance. 2) Grammar (of verbs) in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form… …
7passiveness — noun see passive I …
8passiveness — See passively. * * * …
9passiveness — noun The condition of being passive; passivity …
10passiveness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. apathy, resignation, unconcern; see indifference 1 …
