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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | lacking in energy or will |
| examples | Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself George Meredith |
| Outgoing links | |
| Attribute | passivity, passiveness |
| Derivationally related form | inactive → inactiveness |
| Derivationally related form | inactive → inactivity |
| Derivationally related form | passive → passivity |
| Derivationally related form | passive → passiveness |
| Antonym | passive → active |
| Similar to | hands-off; resistless, supine, unresisting |
| Incoming links | |
| Antonym | active → passive |
| Similar to | hands-off; resistless, supine, unresisting |
| Derived from adjective | passively → passive |
| Derivationally related form | inactivity → inactive |
| Derivationally related form | inactiveness → inactive |
| Derivationally related form | passiveness → passive |
| Derivationally related form | passivity → passive |
| Attribute | passivity, passiveness |
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