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passivism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun passivism has 1 sense
- passivism(n = noun.cognition) pacificism, pacifism - the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; Array is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
CIDE DICTIONARY
passivism, n.
- The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; hence, the principle of passive resistance. [WordNet 1.5]
- The quality of being passive. [PJC]
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