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passivity

[pa-siv-i-tee] / pæˈsɪv ɪ ti /














NOUN
nonagression
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NOUN
nonviolence
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In September, Leo urged the faithful to shake off "all passivity and indifference" toward current events.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

"A strategy of passivity in the face of what is happening is not a strategy," is how Miliband put it in an interview with Jewish News, external.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Do you have a theory for why this public passivity is so ingrained?

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Homo Sovieticus displayed self-abasement, passivity in the face of authority and extreme conformity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But a decade of ruthlessly honed instinct rebels at such passivity.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


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