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Noun: passiveness  pa-siv-nus
  1. Submission to others or to outside influences
    - passivity
     
  2. The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
    - passivity

Derived forms: passivenesses

See also: passive

Type of: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, submissiveness

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