passivism

But it is difficult for people who are denied voting rights to protect their voting rights, and judicial passivism in these cases would have buttressed discrimination, racism, sexism and bigotry.

If that is the case, then those activities must undergo severe scrutiny, because it may well be that what seems like activism is actually “passivism,” and vice versa.

“That passivism is perversion does not surprise me,” remarked Barres.

But the very term, passivism, is usually significant and goes very deep psychologically.