Passivity

Definitions: Passivity

Passivity

Noun

1. The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.

2. Submission to others or to outside influences.

Date "passivity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1714. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	The state of a metal in which electrochemical corrosion is prevented by certain particular conditions of the surface. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A metal that is normally active according to its position in the electromotive-force series is said to be passive whenever its electrochemical behavior is that of a less active metal. b. A metal is passive when it is relatively resistant to corrosion in an environment in which a large decrease in free energy is associated with the corrosion reaction. c. A condition in which a piece of metal, because of an impervious covering of oxide or other compound, has a potential much more positivethan the metal in the active state. (references)
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Synonym: Passivity

Synonym: passiveness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Physical Inertness	Noun: inertness, dullness; Adjective: inertia, vis inertiae, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence; latency, inaction; passivity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Passivity

English words defined with "passivity": To use up. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	L2-Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control (Communications and Control Engineering Series) (reference) Lions of God, lambs of God : psychoanalytic concepts of passivity, dependence, and celibacy within the Christian clergy (reference) Minorities in medicine : from receptive passivity to positive action, 1966-76 (reference) Passivity, Resistance, and Collaboration: Intellectual Choices in Occupied Shanghai, 1937-1945 (reference) Proceedings of the Symposium on Passivity and its Breakdown (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There results from such concentrations of mind a passivity which, if it were due to reason, would resemble philosophy.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Discrimination	Hong Kong	Past criticism of the organization for passivity and for emphasizing conciliation instead of acting as a watchdog or pursuing court cases disappeared as the Commission has become increasingly activist in its approach. (references)
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"Passivity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Passivity" is used about 164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	164	24,408

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "passivity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pasivitet (inactivity), mosveprim (inaction, inactivity). (various references)

Arabic		‏سلبية (negativism, negativity), ‏الكمون, ‏الهمود, ‏اللافعالية (inefficacy), ‏الاستسلام, ‏إنفعال (delirium, dither, effervescence, emotion, excitement, flurry, furor, impression, poignancy, redness, temper, thrill, tizzy). (various references)

Bulgarian		безучастност, пасивност (drift, inactivity, passiveness). (various references)

Chinese		被动 (Passive). (various references)

Czech		pasivita. (various references)

Danish		passivitet. (various references)

Dutch		passiviteit. (various references)

Farsi		کنش پذیری , انفعال , بی ارادگی . (various references)

Finnish		passiviteetti, passiivinen tila (F1, inactive state, powered off state). (various references)

French		passivité (passiveness). (various references)

German		Passivität (passiveness). (various references)

Greek		παθητικότητα. (various references)

Hebrew		פסיביות, סבילות (endurance, tolerance), � פעלות (passiveness). (various references)

Hungarian		passzivitás (passiveness), tétlenség (idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, otiosity, passiveness, quiescence, sloth, torpidness), passzív magatartás (passiveness). (various references)

Italian		passivit� (passiveness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		消極性 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうきょくせい. (various references)

Pig Latin		assivitypay

Portuguese		passividade (inadaptability). (various references)

Romanian		pasivitate (drift, inactivity, passiveness). (various references)

Russian		пассивность (drift, inaction, passiveness, passivism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pasivnost (passivation), neaktivnost (inaction, inactivity). (various references)

Spanish		pasividad (passiveness). (various references)

Swedish		passivitet. (various references)

Turkish		pasiflik (passiveness, quiescence), dirençsizlik (passiveness), dinginlik (calm, calmness, composure, inertia, quiet, quietness, serenity). (various references)

Ukranian		безвілля (limpness), покірність (acquiescence, humility, leniency, lowliness, meekness, non-resistance, obedience, prostration, resignation, submission), пасивність (passivism). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính thụ động tính tiêu cực (passiveness), tính bị động (passiveness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "passivity": impassivity. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Passivity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: basicity, passidity, pussivity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "passivity" (pronounced pusi"vutē)
7	-u s i" v u t ē	expressivity.
6	-s i" v u t ē	aggressivity, exclusivity, progressivity, reflexivity.
5	-i" v u t ē	activity, captivity, conductivity, connectivity, creativity, festivity, hyperactivity, inactivity, insensitivity, nativity, negativity, objectivity, oversensitivity, proclivity, productivity, radioactivity, reactivity, receptivity, relativity, retroactivity, selectivity, sensitivity, subjectivity, superconductivity.
4	-v u t ē	brevity, cavity, depravity, gravity, hypersensitivity, levity, longevity, velvety.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, causality, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, necessity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, profanity, profitability, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, readability, reality, reciprocity, regularity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, suitability, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-i-p-s-s-t-v-y"
	-3 letters: pastis, spaits, visits, vistas.
	-4 letters: apsis, aspis, pasts, pasty, patsy, pavis, pitas, satis, sayst, spait, spats, spays, spits, spivs, stays, tapis, tipis, tipsy, vasts, vasty, visas, visit, vista.
	-5 letters: aits, asps, pass, past, pats, paty, pays, pias, piss, pita, pits, pity, psis, psst, pyas, saps, sati, says, sips, sits, spas, spat, spay, spit, spiv, stay, taps, tass, tavs, tipi, tips, tivy, vast, vats, visa, vita, yaps, yips.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-i-p-s-s-t-v-y"
	+2 letters: impassivity.
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