nonviolent resistance
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1. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | direct action, |
| definition | : | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hunger strike, |
| definition | : | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | satyagraha, |
| definition | : | the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | nonviolent, |
| definition | : | abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | nonviolent, |
| definition | : | abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence (adj.all) |
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