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Noun passivity has 2 senses

• passivity(n = noun.attribute) passiveness - the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative; Array
is a kind of inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
has particulars: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness, listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
Derived form adjective passive₁

• passivity(n = noun.attribute) passiveness - submission to others or to outside influences; Array
is a kind of submissiveness

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passivity

Quakerism, a wise passiveness, abeyance, acceptance, acedia, acquiescence, aloofness, amenability, apathy, assent, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, boredom, calm of mind, catalepsy, catatonia, comatoseness, complaisance, compliance, consent, contemplation, contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness, deference, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, enervation, ennui, entropy, fallow mind, fatigue, fatuity, foolishness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, homage, hopelessness, humbleness, humility, idleness, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inanity, inappetence, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, jadedness, kneeling, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, latency, lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, lotus-eating, meditation, meekness, mental blankness, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, nirvana, nonchalance, noninvolvement, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonparticipation, nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, numbness, obedience, obeisance, oblivion, oscitancy, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, policy, procrastination, quiescence, quietism, resignation, resignedness, satedness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolence, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, stupefaction, stupor, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness, suspense, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, tranquillity, uncomplainingness, unconcern, unintelligence, vacancy, vacuity, vegetation, vis inertiae, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting, weariness, withdrawnness, world-weariness, yielding

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Physical Inertness

N physical inertness, inertness, dullness, inertia, vis inertiae, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor, quiescence, latency, inaction, passivity, mental inertness, sloth, inexcitability, irresolution, obstinacy, permanence, rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity, inert, inactive, passive, torpid, sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt, unreactive, lifeless, dead, uninfluential, latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted, inactively, in suspense, in abeyance.

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