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means A grammatical construction where the subject receives the action instead of doing it, so the performer of the verb can be demoted, vague, or left out entirely.

from From Latin passivus, 'capable of suffering or being acted upon,' from pati, 'to suffer or endure' (the same root gives us 'patient' and 'passion'). Grammarians borrowed it to name verbs whose subject endures the action rather than performs it — 'the vase was broken' rather than 'I broke the vase.' The construction itself is ancient, built into Latin and Greek verb systems long before anyone noticed its usefulness for evading blame; its reputation as the preferred dialect of spin and bureaucratic cover is a much later, entirely earned, addition.