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1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 22 June 686/2 [The Count de Gasparin] was a sworn enemy of ‘passivism’, or ‘quietism’, as he terms it.

1931 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 16 298 His followers were commanded not to do any act of violence against their oppressors, but should practice passivism to offset the militaristic aggression of Great Britain.

1953 R. May Man's Search iii. 116 Passivism—letting the deterministic forces in one's experience take the place of self-awareness.

1978 Policy Rev. (Nexis) Summer 97 Whenever American counter-measures of any kind are suggested, siren voices are raised to defend a policy of passivism in the face of Soviet encroachments in Africa.

2002 Public Admin. Rev. (Nexis) 62 Modern societies still confront a growth in citizens' passivism; they tend to favor the easy chair of the customer over the sweat and turmoil of participatory involvement.

1894 A. M. Hamilton & L. Godkin Syst. Legal Med. II. 564 Passivism is most striking when it is exhibited by men; for it is to be regarded as one of the psychical characteristics of women.

1903 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex III. 93 Stefanowsky, who also discussed this condition [sc. masochism]..termed it passivism.

1940 L. E. Hinsie & J. Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. 403/2 Passivism, a form of sexual perversion in which the subject, usually male, is submissive to the will of the partner in the unnatural sexual practices.

1967 J. A. Brussel & G. F. Cantzlaar Chambers's Dict. Psychiatry 173 Passivism, meek submission to or cooperation with another's unnatural sexual acts.