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More common than violence, though, is a sort of passive-aggressiveness.
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First of all, pls refute your previous passive-aggressiveness; i.e. your failure to directly attack what you see as wrong.
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And somehow the whole clammy, courtly, passive-aggressiveness of those songs seemed to fit him to a T.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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More common than violence, though, is a sort of passive-aggressiveness.
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Growing up as a writer in the Shawn era, and the relationship between passive-aggressiveness and magazine greatness
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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Said philanderer's identity shall remain anonymous for the sake of passive-aggressiveness, but is easily identifiable to even your mouth-breather friends due to the poorly disguised, perfunctory proclamation that could only apply to one particular individual -- as you're not likely complaining about your mother when referencing the deplorable state of the modern male.
Jason Kitchen: Jimmy Kimmel's "National Unfriend Day"... Imagine the Possibilities Jason Kitchen 2010
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Mr. TWEEDY: There might be some hurt feelings and some passive-aggressiveness, a few tears.
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One might take Kimmel's sage holiday idea a step further by eradicating absolute passive-aggressiveness in the real world, where real relationships supposedly exist.
Jason Kitchen: Jimmy Kimmel's "National Unfriend Day"... Imagine the Possibilities Jason Kitchen 2010
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So, I went to a passage in the "Mental Muscle" book about passive-aggressiveness and re-evaluated the interaction with my friend.
Paul Katz: Communication: Week 13 of 'Mental Muscle' Boot Camp 2010
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If I post this up next to the sink will I take the passive-aggressiveness to a new level?
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