passive-resistantn.

Brit.

/ˌpasɪvrᵻˈzɪst(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈˌpæsɪvrəˈzɪst(ə)nt/,

/ˈˌpæsɪvriˈzɪst(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passive adj., resistant n.¹

Etymology: < passive adj. + resistant n.¹, after passive resistance n. Compare earlier passive-resister n.

= passive-resister n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > passive resistance > one who practises

passive-resister1833

passive-resistant1903

satyagrahi1918

1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 7/1 To issue summonses against Nonconformist passive resistants.

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. xii. 131 The soldiers were confronted with the grotesque task of dragging the passive resistants..into barbed-wire cages for interrogation.

1977 Black Amer. Lit. Forum 11 158/2 The runner may be a trickster, a confidence man, a ‘passive resistant,’ a youth on city streets, or a military defector.

2002 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 21 June What he does not look like is a passive resistant who will challenge the boss in the way Gandhi challenged the Raj.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passive-resistant
释义	passive-resistantn. Brit. /ˌpasɪvrᵻˈzɪst(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈˌpæsɪvrəˈzɪst(ə)nt/, /ˈˌpæsɪvriˈzɪst(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passive adj., resistant n.¹ Etymology: < passive adj. + resistant n.¹, after passive resistance n. Compare earlier passive-resister n. = passive-resister n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > passive resistance > one who practises passive-resister1833 passive-resistant1903 satyagrahi1918 1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 7/1 To issue summonses against Nonconformist passive resistants. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. xii. 131 The soldiers were confronted with the grotesque task of dragging the passive resistants..into barbed-wire cages for interrogation. 1977 Black Amer. Lit. Forum 11 158/2 The runner may be a trickster, a confidence man, a ‘passive resistant,’ a youth on city streets, or a military defector. 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 21 June What he does not look like is a passive resistant who will challenge the boss in the way Gandhi challenged the Raj. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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