passive noun

noun

Grammar.

1. a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.

Example Sentences

On this Memorial Day we are reminded by its origins among Black Americans at the end of the Civil War that democracy must be an active verb, not a passive noun.

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"A good read" is now considered the highest recommendation, though the phrase is entirely non-descriptive and reduces a once purposive and active verb to a meek and passive noun.

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To love is an active verb and woman's a passive noun.

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