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passivity

[pa-siv-i-tee] / pæˈsɪv ɪ ti /














NOUN
nonagression
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NOUN
nonviolence
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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

Far from improving conditions, diplomatic passivity has allowed the government to dig in its heels, intensifying repression and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

But accepting that is a recipe for passivity.

From Slate • May 21, 2025

Carville is typically a fighter, and I know he isn’t proposing passivity as a long-term strategy.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Being a suppression, not merely a repression, it produced not frustration, but something more ominous, perhaps, in the long rim: passivity.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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