1.
If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.
His passive attitude made things easier for me...
? active
ADJ [disapproval]
• passively
He sat there passively, 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.
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2.
A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.
They want less passive 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 passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
? active
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
In grammar,
the passive or
the passive voice is formed using 'be' and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a
passive 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
passive. Compare
active.
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