[syn: passivity, passiveness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Passiveness \Pas"sive*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being passive; unresisting
submission.
[1913 Webster]
To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being
subject to the power and action of its cause. --J.
Edwards.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
passiveness
n 1: submission to others or to outside influences [syn:
passivity, passiveness]
2: the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn:
passivity, passiveness]