Passivity

Noun

 * 1) The state of being passive.
 * 2) Submissiveness.
 * 3) A lack of initiative.

Antonyms

 * activity

Adjectives for Passivity
despondent; disposed; dejected; dreamy; lazy; inert; stolid; unwavering; slumbrous; dull; dead.

Thesaurus
Quakerism, a wise passiveness, abeyance, acceptance, acedia, acquiescence, aloofness, amenability, apathy, assent, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, boredom, calm of mind, catalepsy, catatonia, comatoseness, complaisance, compliance, consent, contemplation, contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness, deference, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, enervation, ennui, entropy, fallow mind, fatigue, fatuity, foolishness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, homage, hopelessness, humbleness, humility, idleness, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inanity, inappetence, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, jadedness, kneeling, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, latency, lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, lotus-eating, meditation, meekness, mental blankness, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, nirvana, nonchalance, noninvolvement, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonparticipation, nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, numbness, obedience, obeisance, oblivion, oscitancy, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, policy, procrastination, quiescence, quietism, resignation, resignedness, satedness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolence, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, stupefaction, stupor, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness, suspense, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, tranquillity, uncomplainingness, unconcern, unintelligence, vacancy, vacuity, vegetation, vis inertiae, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting, weariness, withdrawnness, world-weariness, yielding

Translations

 * : pasivitate

Related terms

 * passion
 * passionate
 * passive
 * patience
 * patient