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passivity

[pa-siv-i-tee] / pæˈsɪv ɪ ti /














NOUN
nonagression
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NOUN
nonviolence
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At first I couldn’t come up with even a basic story idea, but in a stroke of visionary passivity, I outsourced the job to Sora’s famous cousin, ChatGPT.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Far from improving conditions, diplomatic passivity has allowed the government to dig in its heels, intensifying repression and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

I’m willing to blame some of that passivity on his head injury, but it’s hard to care about a character who only has a personality for three minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Today, Phillips sees Bosnia, which he described as “preventable,” as a warning and symbol of what happens when the international community confuses neutrality with inaction and peacekeeping with passivity.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025

Her hunger for earth, the cloc-cloc of her parents' bones, the impatience of her blood as it faced Pietro Crespi's passivity were relegated to the attic of her memory.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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