Word info

pseudopassive

Speech parts

1. pseudopassive - Noun

2. pseudopassive - Adjective

Meaning

(grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.

(grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled").
Synonym: impersonal passive

(grammar) Of or related to the pseudopassive.

Nearly passive; relatively passive.

Resembling (something) passive.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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