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passive-aggression

passive-aggression noun: passive-aggressive behavior.

Noun

passive-aggression (uncountable)

  1. Passive-aggressive behavior.

Synonyms of passive-aggression

Questions about passive-aggression

What does passive-aggression mean?
Passive-aggression means passive-aggressive behavior.
What part of speech is passive-aggression?
Passive-aggression is a noun.

Words near passive-aggression in the dictionary

  1. passive vapouring
  2. passive vocabularies
  3. passive vocabulary
  4. passive voice
  5. passive voices
  6. passive-aggression
  7. passive-aggressive
  8. passive-aggressive personality disorder
  9. passive-aggressive personality disorders
  10. passive-aggressively
  11. passive-aggressiveness

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