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Noun: passive aggression
  1. Indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, sullenness,, deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible.

Type of: defence [Brit, Cdn], defence mechanism [Brit, Cdn], defence reaction [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defense mechanism [US], defense reaction [US]

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