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Discover Ludwig"passive aggressiveness" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to behavior or actions that involve indirectly expressing negative feelings or hostility, rather than directly confronting them. You can use "passive aggressiveness" in various contexts where someone is being subtly hostile or passive aggressive. For example: - Her constant backhanded compliments and sly remarks revealed her underlying passive aggressiveness. - The boss's refusal to acknowledge my contributions was a form of passive aggressiveness that made me feel undervalued. - Instead of addressing his concerns directly, he resorted to passive aggressiveness by purposely ignoring my emails and requests. - My roommate's habit of leaving passive aggressive notes around the apartment was a constant source of irritation for me.
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When asked directly whether "Thanks" denoted genuine gratefulness or passive aggressiveness, or whether it depended on the rest of the e-mail, only 2percentt said it was passive aggressive.
"Passive aggressiveness," nods Santiago.
The curators' shared impulse smacks of passive aggressiveness, either withholding or gingerly ironizing aesthetic pleasure.
She praised Mrs. Sanford as reaching a perfect pitch of "passive aggressiveness" in the run up to the news conference.
The story is rich on so many levels, but just to start with Psych 101: there is no more classic example of passive aggressiveness than this.
That said, I am hypocritically grateful for the linguistic passive aggressiveness that I bathed in my whole life living in Texas.
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Some are pure passive-aggressiveness.
It's strategy, of course; but passive-aggressiveness is risk-free, neither heroic nor moving.
Her relationship with the rebellious Mingliang seems checked by mutual passive-aggressiveness.
"There is a passive-aggressiveness in the way this business functions.
Her relationship with the rebellious Minliang seems checked by mutual passive-aggressiveness.
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