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passivistically

passivistically adverb: in a passivistic manner.

Adverb

passivistically

  1. (rare) In a passivistic manner.
    • On the other hand, the opposite tendency of reducing creativeness to reflection is manifested, i. e. creativeness is deprived of all specificity and is interpreted passivistically, or reflection itself is conceived in a superactivistic way.1973, Azari︠a︡ Prizenti Polikarov, Science and Philosophy

Origin of passivistically

From passivistic + -ally.

Questions about passivistically

What does passivistically mean?
Passivistically means in a passivistic manner.
What part of speech is passivistically?
Passivistically is an adverb.

Words near passivistically in the dictionary

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

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