passivity
passiveness

In fact, one of the problems we've been having with this model is its passivity.

What has been described is a culture of social passivity.

But the family's passivity has come at a steep price.

And I know that you deep inside enjoy the passivity.

The time had come for young people to move beyond the passivity of their elders.

We now see proof that the Clinton policy of passivity was wrong.

The current mess in Iraq is one result of this passivity.

That may explain the passivity with which the performance was received.

The time of submission and passivity must come to an end.

The finite I cannot be the ground of its own passivity.

Here, in the face of the opportunity to use this great potential, complete passivity is to be seen.

This passivity is at the very core of Japanese foreign policy.

"There is so much passivity in the welfare system," she said.

He began to find the passivity of the situation irritating.

To some, his passivity was just what Mexico needed after 71 years of dictatorship.

But his own passivity made him vulnerable to that advice.

"In the age of television passivity, this is all about what you put into it.

Can women's general passivity change only if they adopt male violence?

We have demanded action and warned against passivity on the part of the West.

These situations were hardly the kind where passivity played a part.

She had never seen his face wear that look of drained passivity.

Such passivity from her was wrong in a way that defied reason.

Ever one to choose action over passivity, she couldn't change her ways now.

I also know what they think of the passivity of the free world.

You have to find a way of registering passivity through activity.

One would not believe the utter passiveness of the people.

Some say the president's hand will be strengthened by his passiveness.

"It is writing through them - but only when they give themselves over to a wise passiveness."

The term is most generally a kind of "permission" given by silence or passiveness.

Griffin is so soft-spoken that his humility can come off as passiveness.

Meanwhile the boy, emboldened by Jack's passiveness, followed, with more abuse of the same sort.

So is the passiveness of his features, which barely move for long patches of time.

Still she lay there, taunting him with her passiveness.

There had been an unnatural passiveness to the robot?

Now that we had both climaxed, his passiveness ended.

Her passiveness turned him on, but the next night, Sara caught Andrew with another woman.

For example, the intense classical garden was balanced by the passiveness of the large lake and landscape.

This can create a feeling of passiveness towards learning structurally and technically correct English.

His passiveness is depicted so sketchily, though, that he stands as the novel's main failure.

It entails throwing off the passiveness of our "little girl" gender roles, waiting for the men to take charge.

A center fielder is stationed in the middle for a reason, and passiveness at the position is unacceptable.

From a teacher's standpoint, we used him as a model in many respects - make a complete turn, the passiveness in his legs.

All passiveness and unconcern had dropped from them.

That is why it is simply vitally important for us to overcome the slightest passiveness among party members.

The giantess awaited Rama's decision with a passiveness that was almost heartrending.

Unlike the modern stereotypical image of passiveness, the Sadhus were also known for their military defense exploits.

The passiveness of governments means that increasing numbers of Christian families are deciding to emigrate.

Juliet felt frustrated by his passiveness.

"Stand here a minute, while I look out" He could tell by her passiveness now that her recalcitrance had ended.

But it was the Knicks' passiveness that was on his mind and in his words to the team.