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PASSIVISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does passivism mean?
• PASSIVISM (noun)
The noun PASSIVISM has 1 sense:
1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
Familiarity information: PASSIVISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
pacificism; pacifism; passivism
Hypernyms ("passivism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
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