Definition for Passiveness:

• submission to others or to outside influences

Synonyms for Passiveness:

• n.

  •apathy (noun)
  • unconcern,
  • indifference,
  • resignation,
  • disinterest.
  •attribute (noun)
  • passiveness.
  •humility (noun)
  • nonresistance,
  • subjection,
  • self-abnegation,
  • lack of pride,
  • sheepishness,
  • fawning,
  • obsequiousness,
  • self-abasement,
  • timidity,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • docility,
  • docilities,
  • Non-resistance,
  • timorousness,
  • subservience,
  • shyness.
  •inaction (noun)
  • idleness,
  • dormancy,
  • rest,
  • stagnation,
  • inaction,
  • standstill,
  • hibernation,
  • immobility.
  •incuriousness (noun)
  • in-curiousnesses,
  • in curiousnesses,
  • in-curiousness,
  • in curiousness.
  •insensibleness (noun)
  • in-sensiblenesses,
  • in sensiblenesses,
  • in-sensibleness,
  • in sensibleness.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • torpidness,
  • in actions,
  • languidness,
  • supineness,
  • torpidity,
  • unmindfulness,
  • leadenness,
  • drowsiness,
  • inanition,
  • in action,
  • torpor.
  •nonviolence (noun)
  • pacification,
  • peaceableness,
  • pacifism.
  •patience (noun)
  • long sufferings,
  • sub-mission,
  • long-sufferings,
  • sufferances,
  • longanimities,
  • longsufferings,
  • sub missions,
  • long suffering,
  • sub mission,
  • yieldings,
  • sub-missions,
  • longsuffering,
  • self control,
  • even tempers.
  •uninterest (noun)
  • un-interests,
  • un interests,
  • un-interest,
  • un interest.
  •unresponsiveness (noun)
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • un responsivenesses,
  • un-responsiveness,
  • un responsiveness.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • placidity,
  • failure,
  • nonparticipation,
  • Inappetence,
  • dereliction,
  • nonintervention,
  • assent,
  • default,
  • slothfulness,
  • blah,
  • numbness,
  • passive resistance,
  • inactiveness,
  • acedia,
  • stupefaction,
  • sluggishness,
  • laissez faire,
  • tractability,
  • paralysis,
  • tranquillity,
  • catalepsy,
  • abeyance,
  • deference,
  • obedience,
  • acquiescence,
  • laxness,
  • inertia,
  • failing,
  • procrastination,
  • neglectfulness,
  • adaptability,
  • Sopor,
  • detachment,
  • somnolence,
  • motionlessness,
  • quiet,
  • homage,
  • remissness,
  • peacefulness,
  • agreeability,
  • serenity,
  • noninterference,
  • observance,
  • dullness,
  • neutrality,
  • Conformability,
  • contemplation,
  • latency,
  • inactivity,
  • stasis,
  • submissiveness,
  • apathy,
  • sloth,
  • dreaminess,
  • dispassion,
  • conformity,
  • blahs,
  • quietism,
  • submittal,
  • vegetation,
  • passivism,
  • peace,
  • nonchalance,
  • respect,
  • noninvolvement,
  • compliance,
  • respectfulness,
  • stupor,
  • laxity,
  • lassitude,
  • Hebetation,
  • inertness,
  • suspense,
  • negligence,
  • yielding,
  • consent,
  • quiescence,
  • slackness,
  • laziness,
  • acceptance,
  • dutifulness,
  • stillness,
  • agreement,
  • hebetude,
  • meditation,
  • entropy,
  • agreeableness,
  • Ataraxy,
  • conformance,
  • waiting game,
  • languor,
  • hopelessness,
  • submission,
  • neglect,
  • obeisance,
  • listlessness,
  • insensibility,
  • indolence,
  • Impassibility,
  • passive,
  • placidness.

Paraphrases for Passiveness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    passivity.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inactivity, inertia.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inaction.

Antonyms for Passiveness:

• n.

  • apathy
    concern.

Passiveness Sentence Examples:

• With them he had fared well, winning over them a high degree of power by enforcing a method seemingly quite at variance with the Provencial temperament, by teaching the doctrine and the discipline of a mystic death, of absolute passiveness, of entire forgetfulness of self.

• He calls this latter a " wise passiveness" - a " dreaming": but is nevertheless an active passivity - a waking dream.

Hyponym for Passiveness:

• n.

  • attribute
    submissiveness.