Passive and Yes

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Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

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Yes and passive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yes" instead an adjective "Passive".

Nearby Words: passivity, passively, passible, passivation

Yes adverb - Used to express agreement.

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Passive and yes are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Passive" instead an adjective "Yes".

Yes, she is the Alpha Bitch with major Machevellian tendencies and is bitchy, passive aggressive, and very Sugar and Ice.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Live-Action TV
It demonstrates Tony's bizarre sense of humor that the robots are "Dummy" and "You"—and demonstrates his impatience with "yes men" that all of his AIs show independence of mind, even if only passive-aggressively.

Source: AI Is A Crapshoot / Film
Niles: Yes, and I'd love to stay but I... have my therapy group meeting, and last time I was late the, er, compulsive gamblers were betting the passive aggressives that they couldn't make the over-eaters... cry.

Source: I Need to Go Iron My Dog

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