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passivity

/paˈsɪvɪti/

US pronunciation

American sound/paˈsɪvɪti/

paˈsɪvɪti

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

pa - ˈsɪvɪti -> passivity

Myanmar meaning

မတုန်မလှုပ်ခြင်း။

Full entry

passive /'pæsÇv/ adj

၁။ ပြုသမျှနုသော။ မလှုပ်မယှက်နေသော။ မတုန်မလှုပ်သော။ play a passive role in a marriage ❍ a passive observer of events ❍ passive obedience/acceptance ❍ His passive face concealed a deep anger.
၂။ (grammar ) ကမ္မကာရက (ကြိယာ၊ ကြိယာပုဒ်စု၊ ဝါကျပုံစံ)။ သာဓကအားဖြင့်- Her leg was broken နှင့် He was bitten by a dog. Compare ACTIVE
n (also passive voice ) [sing] (grammar ) ကမ္မကာရက ကြိယာ၊ ပုဒ်စု၊ ဝါကျ။ In the sentence ‘He was seen there’, ‘was seen’ is in the passive. Compare active n
❏ passively adv မတုန်မလှုပ်။ မလှုပ်မယှက်။ တုဏှိဘော။
❏ passiveness (also passivity /pæ'sÇvǝti/) n [U] မတုန်မလှုပ်ခြင်း။
❏ passive resistance n [U] အနုနည်းဖြင့် တော်လှန်ခြင်း။
❏ passive smoking n [U] ဆေးလိပ်မသောက်ဘဲ ဝန်းကျင်ဆေးလိပ်သောက်သူတို့၏ဆေးလိပ်ငွေ့များကို ရှူရှိုက်ရခြင်း။

More examples

A helpless and passive victim
Watching television is a relatively passive activity.

Synonyms

inert, inactive, unreceptive, submissive, reflexive, reactive, flaccid, acquiescent, apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, flat, forbearing, going through motions, hands off, idle, impassive, indifferent, laid-back, latent, lifeless, long-suffering, moony, motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, poker-faced, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, tractable, unassertive, unflappable, uninvolved, unresisting, unresponsive, walking through it, yielding

Antonyms

active, agitated, caring, concerned, dynamic, impatient, interested, lively

Cross references

inert inactive unreceptive submissive reflexive reactive flaccid acquiescent apathetic asleep bearing compliant cool docile enduring flat forbearing going through motions hands off idle impassive indifferent laid-back latent lifeless long-suffering moony motionless

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