Difference between Passivity and Passiveness

What is the difference between Passivity and Passiveness?

Passivity as a noun is the state of being passive. while Passiveness as a noun is the condition of being passive; passivity

Passivity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being passive. Submissiveness. A lack of initiative.

Example sentence: I would say that 'Schindler's List,' as powerful as it was, seemed to have continued with a particular iconography of victimization and passivity. That was the iconography with which I had grown up and to which I had grown accustomed.

Passiveness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The condition of being passive; passivity

We hope you now know whether to use Passivity or Passiveness in your sentence.

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