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passivism

[ pas-uh-viz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the quality of being passive.
  2. the principle or practice of passive resistance.


passivism

/ ˈ±èæ²õɪˌ±¹Éª³úÉ™³¾ /

noun

  1. the theory, belief, or practice of passive resistance
  2. the quality, characteristics, or fact of being passive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è²¹²õ²õ¾±±¹¾±²õ³Ù, nounadjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²¹²õs¾±±¹Â·¾±²õ³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of passivism1

First recorded in 1900–05; passive + -ism
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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.

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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.

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

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

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