passive acceptance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpassiveandacceptance
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passive
adjective
uk/ˈpæs.ɪv/us/ˈpæs.ɪv/
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The passive form of a verb is being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes ...
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acceptance
noun[U]
uk/əkˈsep.təns/us/əkˈsep.təns/
general agreement that something is satisfactory or right, or that someone should be included in ...
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(Definition ofpassiveandacceptancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The causes in question could be social - such aspassiveacceptanceof generally held beliefs.
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The state made frequent reference to this concept in order to encourage apassiveacceptanceof its instructions.
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The knowledge embedded in a rule or a technique is not expected to be absolute in a way that fosterspassiveacceptance.
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This does not require that thepassiveacceptanceof beliefs on trust is always indicative of irrational psychological motives.
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Words now intervene in the interpretation to alter the image of woman, so thatpassiveacceptanceof the image becomes revisionary critical analysis instead.
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The ensuing four combinatorial effects range from 'policy-deterioration' (same goal, same programme), 'adaptation' (same goal, new programme), 'innovation' (new goal, new programme), 'symbolic gesture,passiveacceptance' (new goal, same programme).
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However, betweenpassiveacceptanceof four adult children as a reasonable goal and acceptance of the four-child family as ideal there is still a very wide gulf.
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Weak consensus occurs when there is fundamental agreement among designated authorities but onlypassiveacceptance(without concurrence) in those outside the elite group.
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Other theorists suggest that political participation might simply instillpassiveacceptanceof a regime - particularly in a standard electoral context where voters choose between parties or candidates.
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A lottery requires no more than apassiveacceptanceof a chance on the part of the participant.
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However, to speak of hope impliespassiveacceptanceof whatever the future may bring.
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Passiveacceptanceof unacceptable taxes is a modern feature of the contemporary political scene.
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Active and understanding participation is needed rather thanpassiveacceptanceof the subject as the least important of the curriculum.
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Merepassiveacceptanceof the two schemes now in operation will not cure our ills.
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I do not accept that there is apassiveacceptanceof recent growth.
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The difference is betweenpassiveacceptanceof representation and actively seeking representation.
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This effectively tamed the lower castes intopassiveacceptanceof the status quo.
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Second, there is the two-day phase ofpassiveacceptancewithout singing.
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Opinions range from a violent counteroffensive to apassiveacceptanceof their situation.
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