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All passivity synonyms

pasΒ·sivΒ·iΒ·ty
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noun passivity

  • fatalism β€” the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
  • insouciance β€” the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
  • longanimity β€” patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
  • defeatism β€” Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
  • cringing β€” servile; obsequious
  • in-difference β€” lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • nonviolence β€” absence or lack of violence; state or condition of avoiding violence.
  • compliance β€” a disposition to yield to or comply with others
  • compliancy β€” compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
  • lackadaisicalness β€” without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
  • cool β€” Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • laziness β€” lazy evaluation
  • detente β€” Detente is a state of friendly relations between two countries when previously there had been problems between them.
  • deadness β€” The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
  • listlessness β€” having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
  • drowsiness β€” half-asleep; sleepy.
  • determinism β€” Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do.
  • insensitivity β€” deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
  • oscitancy β€” yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
  • faineance β€” Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeΙͺ ni Ι™nt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
  • necessitarianism β€” the doctrine that all events, including acts of the will, are determined by antecedent causes; determinism.
  • insensibleness β€” Insensibility.
  • impassivity β€” without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
  • apathy β€” You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
  • ease β€” freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • inertia β€” inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
  • ataraxia β€” calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
  • incuriosity β€” The quality or state of lacking curiosity.
  • nonresistance β€” the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
  • incuriousness β€” The state of being incurious; indifference or apathy.
  • dilatoriness β€” tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
  • languorousness β€” The quality of being languorous.
  • dreaminess β€” of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
  • naturalness β€” existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
  • halfheartedness β€” The characteristic of being half-hearted.
  • faineancy β€” Synonym of faineance.
  • docility β€” easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
  • acedia β€” spiritual sloth or apathy
  • inaction β€” absence of action; idleness.
  • neglectfulness β€” The characteristic of being neglectful.
  • otioseness β€” Quality of being otiose.
  • emotionlessness β€” The property of being emotionless.
  • legs β€” either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
  • conforming β€” to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
  • deliquescence β€” the process of deliquescing
  • otiosity β€” being at leisure; idle; indolent.
  • longsuffering β€” enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • fecklessness β€” The state of being feckless.
  • immobility β€” the quality or condition of being immobile or irremovable.
  • leisureliness β€” The property of being leisurely.
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