passive: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Prefixes of passive

impassive
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- adjective satellite having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
  stolid.
  her impassive remoteness
  
  he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall
  
  a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf
  
  her face showed nothing but stolid indifference
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
  deadpan; unexpressive; poker-faced; expressionless.
  deadpan humor
  
  his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
nonpassive

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nonpassive
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mediopassive

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mediopassive
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Suffixes of passive

passively
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- adverb in a passive manner
  he listened passively
passives

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- noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
  passive voice.
  `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice
  
  `The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive
- adjective lacking in energy or will
  inactive.
  Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
passiveness

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- noun submission to others or to outside influences
  passivity.
- noun the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
  passivity.

Derived words of passive

impassively
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- adverb in an impassive manner
  he submitted impassively to his arrest
impassiveness

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impassiveness
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
  stolidity; unemotionality; impassivity; indifference; emotionlessness; phlegm.

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About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `passive`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `passive`, some are not.
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