passivity

1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being passive.

   Passivität, Passivzustand

   пассивностьpassivnostʹ

   паси́вністьpasývnistʹ

2. (countable, uncountable)Submissiveness.

   Unterwürfigkeit

3. (countable, uncountable)A lack of initiative.

   Passivität, Passivhaltung

   the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative

4. (countable, uncountable)The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent.

1. Kindness is not synonymous with passivity.

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2. The difficulty of a task is no reason for passivity and doing nothing.

   deDie Schwierigkeit einer Aufgabe ist kein Grund zur Selbstzufriedenheit und zum Nichtstun.

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