| passiveness |
| Passiveness | n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [ 1913 Webster ] To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 受身(P);受け身(P) | [うけみ, ukemi] (n, adj-no, adj-na) (1) the defensive; (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness; (3) { ling } the passive; passive voice; (4) { MA } ukemi (the art of falling safely); (P) [Add to Longdo] |