This is the background for today’s special word: passivism. It is the doctrine of passive protest, a protest and resistance where violence is shunned and peaceful methods are adopted.
Pronunciation: pas-uh-viz-uhm
Meanings of Passivism
1. The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; hence, the principle of passive resistance.
2. The quality of being passive.
Sentence examples for Passivism:
1. Public passivism and short-term gains were the ruling ‘isms’ of the time.
2. The first phase is theistic passivism wherein wildlife’s abundance is attributed to some external force.
3. Such activism, however, is seen as a contrast to Emerson’s own self-reliant passivism.