(psychology) Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.

Alternative form of microaggress

The quality of being passive-aggressive.

The quality of being passive-aggressive.

In a passive-aggressive manner.

Alternative form of passive-aggressive

(zoology) A form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host.

Alternative form of nonaggressive

(psychiatry) A proposed personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of negativistic attitudes and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance in social and occupational situations.

A doctrine or worldview which is in favor of violence