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

Synonym of non-aggression principle

(ethics, philosophy) The ethical principle asserting that initiating physical force against persons or their justly acquired property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.

(Southern US, uncommon) The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

(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.