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nonviolence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nonviolent resistance, passive resistance |
| Type of | direct action |
| Has types | hunger strike, satyagraha |
| Derivation | nonviolent |
Examples of nonviolence
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She frequently sought Coretta Scott King's counsel on the theory of nonviolence.
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Though the demonstrators pledged nonviolence, Miller did not enter the building.
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I think that all adults should encourage teens'wanting for peace and nonviolence.
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Nonviolence as a moral theory is simply not subject to such empirical disproof.
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She said SNUG has also helped recruit citizens to back the message of nonviolence.
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For this American-born couple, it means vegetarianism and a belief in nonviolence.
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He was hooted in Watts when he preached nonviolence a day after the riots in 1965.
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Many within the organization had grown skeptical about the tactics of nonviolence.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Where law and shame are less easily mobilized, nonviolence has not fared well.
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- Passive resistance: peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
- (nonviolent) abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
- (nonviolent) achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
- (nonviolently) without violence; "the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed"
- A controversial issue in debates on civil disobedience is non-violence. Like publicity, non-violence is said to diminish the negative effects of breaching the law. Some theorists go further and say that civil disobedience is, by definition, non-violent. ...
- Not using physical force, fighting, or violence in the farmworkers strike as a matter of principle, either moral or tactical, or both.
- Beliefs and behaviour of several types in which violent acts are prohibited on religious or ethical grounds. In some belief systems, not only physical violence is barred but also hostile thoughts and words. ...
- Either, (1) The behavior of people who in a conflict refrain from violent acts. Or, (2) Any of several belief systems that reject violence on principle, not just as impractical.
- (or non-violence) A set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. ...
