Passivity I confronted primarily in country (8)
I believe the answer is:
inaction
'passivity' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'i confronted primarily in country' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'country' becomes 'nation' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'confronted' is 'c'.
'c' placed into 'nation' is 'naction'.
'i'+'naction'='INACTION'
(Other definitions for inaction that I've seen before include "Stasis" , "Rest" , "Ionic tan (anag.)" , "Failure to exert oneself" , "Sloth" .)