What is "pseudopassive"

n. 1 (context grammar English) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in ''The problem was talked about''. 2 (context grammar English) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence ''Er wordt gefloten'' ("[Someone] whistled").

Pseudopassive or pseudo-passive may refer to:

• Impersonal passive voice, a grammatical form that deletes the subject of an intransitive verb
• Prepositional passive, a form of English passive voice in which the object of a preposition becomes the subject of a clause