Submission to others or to outside influences.

synoniem: passivity.

Roget 743: obedience; observance etc. 772; compliance; submission etc. 725; subjection etc. 749; nonresistance; passiveness, resignation.    allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion; constancy, fidelity.    submissness^†, submissiveness; ductility etc. (softness) 324; obsequiousness etc. (servility) 886.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 826: inexcitability^†, imperturbability, inirritability^†; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].    passiveness etc. (physical inertness) 172; hebetude^†, hebetation^†; impassibility etc. (insensibility) 823; stupefaction.    coolness, calmness etc. adj.; composure, placidity, indisturbance^†, imperturbation^†, sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness.    staidness etc. adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism^†; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind.    submission etc. 725; resignation; sufferance, supportance^†, endurance, longsufferance^†, forbearance; longanimity^†; fortitude; patience of Job, patience on a monument" [Twelfth Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'" [Johnson]; moderation; repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint etc. 751.    tranquillization etc. (moderation) 174^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 681: inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference, nonintervention; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect etc. 460.    inactivity etc. 683; rest etc. (repose) 687; quiescence etc. 265; want of occupation, inoccupation^†; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente [It]; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: bezwolność

The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.

synoniem: passivity.

Nederlands: inactiviteit, inertie, passivisme, passiviteit
Pools: bierność, inercja, pasywność