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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 passiveness
 被動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pas·sive·ness, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.
    To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause.   --J. Edwards.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 passiveness
      n 1: submission to others or to outside influences [syn: passivity]
      2: the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn:
         passivity]