Antonyms for passiveness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pa-siv-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : pæˈsɪv ɪ ti


Definition of passiveness

Origin :
  • 1650s, from passive + -ness.
  • noun apathy
Example sentences :
  • Reflects on the Harlowe family, and particularly on Mrs. Harlowe, for her passiveness.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But it was absolutely necessary first that she should be reduced to passiveness.
  • Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
  • The strength in her was the strength of passiveness; she could endure, but she could not battle.
  • Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
  • Even then Moslem passiveness proves often an immovable inertia.
  • Extract from : « The Weird Orient » by Henry Iliowizi
  • One is led to suppose, from their passiveness, that they are content with the system.
  • Extract from : « A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres » by George Thomas Love
  • The essence of these lies in the passiveness and neutrality of the intellectual powers.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
  • Oswald, with the passiveness of a tired child, submitted to it all.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Vikings » by John Bowling
  • And this passiveness was so unusual with her that it alarmed and irritated Percival by turns.
  • Extract from : « Under False Pretences » by Adeline Sergeant
  • Miss Arden often wondered afterwards at her own passiveness through all this.
  • Extract from : « Checkmate » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • She folded her hands with a passiveness which boded future ill.
  • Extract from : « The Grey Cloak » by Harold MacGrath

Synonyms for passiveness

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