passivity
Example Sentences
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John Burris, a civil rights attorney representing some Antioch community members in the federal lawsuit, doesn’t think passivity is exonerating.
From Los Angeles Times
Phoenix’s performance — already a master class in cowering passivity — becomes mumblingly incoherent and inert.
From Washington Post
But the visible satisfaction of the model’s pose — arm akimbo, hand jauntily on hip, bottom thrust out with confidence — also marks a forceful break with the passivity of the female nude.
From New York Times
There's a whole mythology around the passivity of enslaved people, which we know isn't true.
From Salon
Gerapetritis said the government was setting up a committee of experts to investigate “in a transparent way” the reasons of the crash as well as “the abnormalities, the passivity that has existed over time.”
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
