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Meaning of "passivity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSIVITY

passivity  [pæˈsɪvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSIVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passivity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSIVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Passive

Passive may refer to: ▪ "Passive", by A Perfect Circle ▪ Passive voice, a grammatical voice common in many languages ▪ Passive house, a standard for energy efficiency in buildings ▪ Passive psi, psychic abilities involving cognition ▪ Passive language, a language from which an interpreter works ▪ Passivity a property of engineering systems, particularly in analog electronics and control systems ▪ Passivity, the condition of submitting to the influence of one's superior or superiors ▪ Passive–aggressive behavior, resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations ▪ Passivation, process of making a material "passive" in relation to another material prior to using the materials together...

Definition of passivity in the English dictionary

The definition of passivity in the dictionary is submissiveness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSIVITY


activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
aggressivity
ˌæɡrɛˈsɪvɪtɪ
coercivity
ˌkəʊɜːˈsɪvɪtɪ
compulsivity
ˌkɒmpʌlˈsɪvɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
diffusivity
ˌdɪfjuːˈsɪvɪtɪ
emissivity
ɪmɪˈsɪvɪtɪ
expansivity
ˌɛkspænˈsɪvɪtɪ
expressivity
ˌɛksprɛˈsɪvɪtɪ
impassivity
ˌɪmpæˈsɪvɪtɪ
impulsivity
ˌɪmpʌlˈsɪvɪtɪ
inclusivity
ˌɪnkluːˈsɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
progressivity
ˌprəʊɡreˈsɪvɪtɪ
reflexivity
ˌriːflɛkˈsɪvɪtɪ
regressivity
ˌrɛɡrəˈsɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
transmissivity
ˌtrænzmɪˈsɪvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSIVITY

passivate
passivation
passive
passive balance of trade
passive disobedience
passive euthanasia
passive obedience
passive resistance
passive restraint
passive safety
passive smoker
passive smoking
passive vocabulary
passive-aggressive
passively
passiveness
passivism
passivist
passkey
passless

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSIVITY

captivity
exclusivity
gravity
hyperactivity
hypersensitivity
interactivity
nativity
negativity
objectivity
physical activity
positivity
radioactivity
reactivity
reflectivity
relativity
resistivity
selectivity
special theory of relativity
subjectivity
superconductivity
thermal conductivity

Synonyms and antonyms of passivity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «passivity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSIVITY

Find out the translation of passivity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passivity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passivity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasividad
570 millions of speakers

English

passivity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रियता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассивность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ক্রিয়তার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Passivität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不動態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수동성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pasif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thụ động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எப்போதுமே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पारदर्शकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pasiflik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bierność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пасивність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pasivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παθητικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passiwiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passivitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passivitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passivity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVITY»

The term «passivity» is regularly used and occupies the 73.417 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «passivity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «passivity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passivity

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7 QUOTES WITH «PASSIVITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word passivity.
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.
2
Ron Silver
Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.
3
Dorothy Thompson
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.
4
Dominique de Villepin
Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.
5
James Wolcott
In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully edited snippets that permit him or her to sit in easy judgment and feel superior at watching familiar strangers make fools of themselves. Reality TV looks in only one direction: down.
6
Mao Zedong
Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
7
Philip Zimbardo
Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSIVITY»

Discover the use of passivity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passivity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Radical Passivity: Levinas, Blanchot, and Agamben
Examines the notion of passivity in the work of Levinas, Blanchot, and Agamben.
Thomas Carl Wall, 1999
2
Radical Passivity: Rethinking Ethical Agency in Levinas
In addition, this volume offers us a much needed critical revaluation of key issues in Levinas "s thought which are, more often than not, uncritically assimilated or taken as matter of fact.
Benda Hofmeyr, 2009
3
Passivity, Resistance, and Collaboration: Intellectual ...
"--China Review International "The story of occupied China remains largely untold, particularly in Western scholarly literature. . . . Poshek Fu's study is a major step forward in our understanding of this complex era."--Pacific Affairs
Poshek Fu, 1993
4
The Concept of Passivity in Husserl's Phenomenology
The book outlines the contribution of passivity to the constitution of phenomena as diverse as temporal syntheses, perceptual associations, memory fulfillment and cross-cultural communication.
Victor Biceaga, 2010
5
Cooperative Control Design: A Systematic, Passivity-Based ...
The goal of the book is to introduce passivity as a design tool for multi-agent systems, to provide exemplary work using this tool, and to illustrate its advantages in designing robust cooperative control algorithms.
He Bai, Murat Arcak, John Wen, 2011
6
Passivity-based Control of Euler-Lagrange Systems: ...
The essence of this work is the control of electromechanical systems, such as manipulators, electric machines, and power converters.
Romeo Ortega, 1998
7
The Passivity of Law: Competence and Constitution in the ...
This text offers a new legal approach, known as chiastic theory, to make sense of the role the European Court of Justice can play in competence creep in general and the doctrine of implied powers in particular.
Luigi Corrias, 2011
8
A Certain Passivity: Failing to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Peru
B. Torture.
Juan E. Méndez, 1987
9
Passivity and Time-scale Decomposition Techniques for ...
Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of feedback applications in mobile sensor networks, cooperative robotics, and vehicle formations.
Emrah Biyik, 2007
10
Passivity Preserving Model Reduction in the Context of ...
This thesis presents a new passivity preserving model reduction method for circuit simulation, based on interpolation of dominant spectral zeros.
Roxana Ionutiu, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passivity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Keillor to bring night of storytelling, jokes to PAC
“It keeps a soft heart under a thin shell of passivity. It is leery of bragging and bullying. It instills humility in its children. It dreads the thought of ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Jul 15»
2
Turkey's entry into the arena, a decisive turn?
Their long border with Syria served as a passage, the passivity of their troops made them complicit, and despite being a NATO member state, ... «i24news, Jul 15»
3
The Middle East in conflict: The empires strike back
More than passivity, however, is what appears to be a fundamental change in the U.S.'s approach to the Middle East, at least while the ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Legal framework to protect the environment
... that passivity, long-suffering and resignation amidst so much environmental degradation are attitudes that are disastrous for the environment. «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
5
When art and commerce mix in museums
Wilsey's son Trevor Traina is also on the board, which resembles a herd of sheep in its passivity and unquestioned allegiance to her. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
6
A year on, Gazans have no more tears to cry
Ziadah welcomed the project: It fosters cooperation and helps people overcome the passivity caused by shock and loss, he says. But this is ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
7
The Homecoming: classic Pinter in Venice Beach
... more of a cypher as Teddy, whose passivity at the dramatic upending of his life inevitably leaves you wondering what the hell he is thinking. «British Weekly, Jul 15»
8
NATO's Master Plan to Crush the Soviet Union in Battle
However, many in the Army hated the perceived passivity of Active Defense. It promised to take advantage of the latest in military technology, ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
9
Omar Sharif and Dr Zhivago: How the critics got it all wrong
The New York Times noted a “strange passivity”. “He takes all its cruel oppressions with a solemn, uncomplaining wistfulness”, was its ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
10
In appreciation of first-base coaches
When the third base coach makes the news, it's either praise for aggressiveness or skepticism for passivity. Think Mike Jirschele, for example, ... «Sports On Earth, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Passivity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/passivity>. Apr 2024 ».
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