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interpassive

interpassive adjective: having the quality of interpassivity.

Adjective

interpassive (not comparable)

  1. Having the quality of interpassivity.
    • Interpassive people are those who want to delegate their pleasures or their consumptions. And interpassive media are all the agents—machines, people, animals etc.—to whom interpassive people can delegate their pleasures.2003, Robert Pfaller, "Little Gestures of Disappearance: Interpassivity and the Theory of Ritual", European Journal of Psychoanalysis, number 16, Winter-Spring 2003

Origin of interpassive

Blend of interactive + passive.

Questions about interpassive

What does interpassive mean?
Interpassive means having the quality of interpassivity.
What part of speech is interpassive?
Interpassive is an adjective.

Words near interpassive in the dictionary

  1. interparticle
  2. interparticulate
  3. interparticulately
  4. interpartner
  5. interparty
  6. interpassive
  7. interpassivity
  8. interpatch
  9. interpathologist
  10. interpathovar
  11. interpatient

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