Found 2 items, similar to passiveness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: passiveness passiveness n 1: submission to others or to outside influences [syn: passivity] 2: the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn: passivity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Passiveness Passiveness \Pas"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [1913 Webster] To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]