passivist
/ˈpæsɪvɪst/
noun
- A person who accepts or does not resist something that happens to them, often avoiding action or confrontation.
- In the debate, he played the role of a passivist, simply nodding along to the majority opinion.
- She was a passivist in the meeting, agreeing with everyone to avoid conflict.
- The manager criticized him for being a passivist who never pushed back against unfair deadlines.
- Someone who advocates or practices a policy of nonresistance or passive acceptance, especially in political or social contexts.
- The group split into two factions: the passivists who wanted to wait and the activists who demanded immediate change.
- Historians sometimes label certain leaders as passivists for their refusal to fight during the occupation.
- The activist and the passivist argued about whether to protest or simply comply with the new law.
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adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a passivist; tending to accept things without resistance.
- She took a passivist approach to parenting, letting her children make all their own decisions.
- The passivist stance of the committee meant that no controversial topics were ever discussed.
- His passivist attitude frustrated the team because he never offered any new ideas.
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