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passivity

/pæˈsɪvəti/noun

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निष्क्रियता, उदासीनता

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noun
  1. 1

    [U]

    the state of accepting what happens or what others do without trying to change anything or react

    निष्क्रियता, उदासीनता

    • The public's passivity allowed corruption to grow.
    • Teachers try to break the passivity of students in large classes.

    Synonyms inactivity inertia apathy submissiveness indifference

    Opposite activity initiative assertiveness

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passive adjectivepassively adverb