interpassivity means A state of passivity, particularly cognitive or emotional passivity, enabled or facilitated by the appearance or potential of interactivity. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
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INTERPASSIVITY — [Noun] A state of cognitive or emotional passivity enabled by delegating the act of reception or enjoyment to another person, device, or symbolic system. The term, coined by cultural theorist Robert Pfaller, is a blend of 'interactivity' (from Latin inter-, 'between, among' + activus, 'active') and 'passivity' (from Latin passivus, 'capable of suffering or receiving'). Unlike 'interactivity,' which implies a two-way exchange, or 'passivity,' which denotes simple inactivity, interpassivity is the strategic outsourcing of affective labor. It is the laugh track performing your amusement, the unread book on the shelf absorbing your cultural ambition, and the social media post shared to endure conviction you need not hold—a quiet sacrament of deferred experience performed by a stand-in.
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- A state of passivity, particularly cognitive or emotional passivity, enabled or facilitated by the appearance or potential of interactivity“[…] interpassivity, the exact obverse of "interactivity," which refers to the sense of being active through another subject who does the job for one […]”