| ADJECTIVE | all | passive, inactive | lacking in energy or will |
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| all | passive, peaceful | peacefully resistant in response to injustice | |
| all | passive | expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb | |
| NOUN | relation | passive, passive voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb |
| Sounds | pae'sihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | lacking in energy or will. | |
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| Example | "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith | |
| Synonym | inactive | |
| Attribute of | passivity, passiveness | The trait of remaining inactive |
| Narrower | hands-off | not involving participation or intervention |
| resistless, unresisting | offering no resistance | |
| supine | Passive as a result of indolence or indifference | |
| Opposite | active | disposed to take action or effectuate change |
| Spanish | inactivo, pasivo | |
| Catalan | inactiu, passiu | |
| Nouns | passivity, passiveness | the trait of remaining inactive |
| Adverbs | passively | in a passive manner |
| Meaning | peacefully resistant in response to injustice. | |
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| Example | "passive resistance" | |
| Synonym | peaceful | |
| Broader | nonviolent | Abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence |
| Spanish | pacífico, pasivo | |
| Catalan | pacífic, passiu | |
| Nouns | passiveness | submission to others or to outside influences |
| Meaning | Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb. | |
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| Example | "academics seem to favor passive sentences" | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Opposite | active | Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor |
| Spanish | pasiva, pasivo | |
| Catalan | passiva | |
| Nouns | passive | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb |
| Meaning | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb. | |
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| Synonym | passive voice | |
| Broader | voice | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |
| Opposite | active voice, active | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
| Spanish | pasiva, voz pasiva | |
| Catalan | passiva, veu passiva | |
| Adjectives | passive | expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb |
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