passivity
Example Sentences
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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
What right would I have, in my circumstances, to lapse into the passivity of despair, having witnessed the ardour and courage with which such people have pursued their struggles?
From Salon • May 28, 2025
But accepting that is a recipe for passivity.
From Slate • May 21, 2025
Being a suppression, not merely a repression, it produced not frustration, but something more ominous, perhaps, in the long rim: passivity.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
