Glossary P

Passing score refers to the minimum test score that an applicant must achieve to be considered for hire.

Passing woman is defined as a woman who disguises herself as a man.

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Passion is defined as deep emotional and/or sexual feelings for another person; the intense feelings, both positive and negative experienced in love relationships, including sexual desire ; an emotional state characterized by high bodily arousal, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure

Deutsch: Leidenschaftliche Liebe / Español: Amor apasionado / Português: Amor apaixonado / Français: Amour passionné / Italiano: Amore appassionato /

Passionate love refers to an intense emotional state, involving sexual desire, feelings of ecstasy, and perhaps anguish. It is a state of intense longing for union with another.

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Passive aggression means harming others by withholding a behavior, such as purposely failing to convey an important message

Deutsch: Passiver Gehorsam / Español: Cumplimiento Pasivo / Português: Conformidade Passiva / Français: Conformité Passive / Italiano: Conformità Passiva /

Passive compliance means passively bending to unreasonable demands or circumstances.

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Passive deception refers to the intentional withholding or omitting of information whereby participants are not told some information about the study. Passive deception known as Omission.

Passive euthanasia means allowing a person to die by withholding an available treatment; allowing someone to die by either not doing that is withholding or omitting/withdrawing some action that is necessary to sustain life. It means withholding treatment or removing life-sustaining nourishment and breathing aids for the dying person, with the result that death occurs more quickly than if these procedures were continued.