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Short passive

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passiveBeing subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
exopassivenoun(of a verb) Affecting the subject of the passive voice construction.
antipassive voicenoun(linguistics) A verb voice found in some languages that omits or demotes the direct object of a transitive verb.
impersonal passivenoun(grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as pseudopassive.
passivitynounThe state of being passive.
passivistnounOne who adopts a passive approach, or passivism.
nonpassivitynounAbsence of passivity.
pseudopassivenoun(grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
loose ablativenoun(grammar) A syntactic construction which uses the past participle, inflected in the ablative case, without an auxiliary verb yet not as an adjective, but silently supposing a verb to depend upon.
inactiveNot active, temporarily or permanently.
passive vocabularynounThe words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.
passive learningnoun(education) A method of learning and instruction that involves the one-sided transmission of information from instructor to student, where learners absorb knowledge without active engagement or feedback.
passive defensenoun(military) Forms of defense that offer protection without counterattacking.
impersonal verbnoun(linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.
absentativenoun(grammar) A form of a noun or pronoun indicating that its referent is absent or dead.
passive incomenoun(finance) An income that is made using little to no effort, such as pension income, rent, or interest, as opposed to normal employment.
agentlessnessnounLack of an agent.
non-doingnounA lack of effort or activity.
noncontractionnounAbsence of contraction.
nonactionnounThe absence of action; failure to act.

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