Passive Voice Definition

noun

(grammar) The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.

The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor.
Many languages, including English, use auxiliary verbs in constructing the passive voice.
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(proscribed) Any construction that obscures the agent of an action, or the agency of said agent.

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adjective
Attributive form of passive voice, noun.
Your many long passive-voice passages are hard to read.
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