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passive-aggressivist

passive-aggressivist noun: a passive-aggressive person.

Noun

passive-aggressivist (plural passive-aggressivists)

  1. (rare) A passive-aggressive person.
    • It was a joke, dickfor. I'm a passifist.^([sic]) Or rather, a passive-aggressivist. Violence is for the feeble minded. Now *taunting,* that's where true art lies.1998 February 19, Klevr1, “Re: sXe in Utah”, in alt.punk (Usenet), message-ID <19980219054801.AAA06487@ladder03.news.aol.com>
    • Lois Griffin, daughter of shipping industrialist Carter Pewterschmidt and passive-aggressivist Barbara Pewterschmidt.2000, "Running Mates", season 2, episode 10 of Family Guy

Forms of passive-aggressivist

pluralpassive-aggressivists

Origin of passive-aggressivist

From passive-aggressive + -ist.

Questions about passive-aggressivist

What does passive-aggressivist mean?
Passive-aggressivist means a passive-aggressive person.
What part of speech is passive-aggressivist?
Passive-aggressivist is a noun.
What is the plural of passive-aggressivist?
The plural of passive-aggressivist is passive-aggressivists.

Words near passive-aggressivist in the dictionary

  1. passive-aggressive
  2. passive-aggressive personality disorder
  3. passive-aggressive personality disorders
  4. passive-aggressively
  5. passive-aggressiveness
  6. passive-aggressivist
  7. passive-aggressivists
  8. passive-aggressivity
  9. passive-aggressor
  10. passive-dependent
  11. passively

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