Passive (IPA: /ˈpæsɪv/)
| Passive (a.) |
Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. |
| Passive (a.) |
Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. |
| Passive (a.) |
Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. |
| Passive (a.) |
Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. |
| Passive |
2005 single by A Perfect Circle |
| Passive Synonyms |
Unresisting, Supine, Resistless, Inactive, Hands-off |
| Passive Synonyms |
Nonviolent, Peaceful |
| Passive Synonyms |
Passive Voice |
Passive Rhymes
| Spanish Translation |
Passive in Spanish is Pasivo |
| Tagalog Translation |
Passive in Tagalog is Walang-tutol |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " African audiences cannot accept our passive consumer role in the presence of film. (p. 44)" - Marshall McLuhan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human." - Robin Morgan |
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