1.
If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.
His ~ attitude made things easier for me...
? active
ADJ disapproval
~ly
He sat there ~ly, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.
ADV: usu ADV with v
passivity
...the passivity of the public under the military occupation.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.
They want less ~ ways of filling their time.
? active
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways.
They made it clear that they would only exercise ~ resistance in the event of a military takeover.
? active
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
In grammar, the ~ or the ~ voice is formed using ‘be’ and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a ~ clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in ‘He’s been murdered’, the verb is in the ~. Compare active .
N-SING: the N