passivity
Example Sentences
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The shah had offered cultural freedom and economic opportunity, hoping for political passivity but getting mass demonstrations instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
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
Director Nancy Medina’s staging, circumnavigating a theatrical circle, lifts the audience out of its proscenium passivity into something almost immersive and definitely interactive.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
This claim of passivity kidded nobody except maybe himself.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2025
It must take the most incredible self-control, that stillness, that passivity; it must be exhausting.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
