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passivistic

passivistic adjective: of or related to passivism.

Adjective

passivistic (comparative more passivistic, superlative most passivistic)

  1. Of or related to passivism.
    • So it isn't a passivistic thing at all. Well, it is passivistic because it's a suggestion — a mantra — to mellow out, to see a larger picture.1998, John Edgar Wideman, Bonnie TuSmith, Conversations with John Edgar Wideman

Forms of passivistic

comparativemore passivistic
superlativemost passivistic

Origin of passivistic

From passive + -istic.

Words formed from passivistic

Questions about passivistic

What does passivistic mean?
Passivistic means of or related to passivism.
What part of speech is passivistic?
Passivistic is an adjective.

Words near passivistic in the dictionary

  1. passivises
  2. passivising
  3. passivism
  4. passivisms
  5. passivist
  6. passivistic
  7. passivistically
  8. passivists
  9. passivities
  10. passivity
  11. passivizability

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