act of protest

collocation in English

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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protest
noun
uk
/ˈprəʊ.test/us
/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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(Definition ofactandprotestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is carried out under the premise that proper use of technology can produce results similar to those of conventional acts of protest, activism, and civil disobedience.
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In such reports, the fate of victimhood loomed larger than theactofprotest.
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In anactofprotest, he resigned rather than continue in an inferior position.
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The rally was anactofprotestagainst effects of liquor licensing laws on live music venues in the city.
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It is common to burn an effigy of a person (burn in effigy) as anactofprotest.
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This move is more anactofprotestthat a serious attempt at independence.
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It is anactofprotest.
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His decision not to attend the opening ceremony was not anactofprotest, but rather was made several weeks in advance and not intended as a stand on principle.
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It is certainly true that acts of protest did not come solely, or indeed even predominantly, from members of the intelligentsia.
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In 1987, ecological activists organised anactofprotest; despite the protest, however, the decision was made to start work on the second stage of technological and economic planning.
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Furthermore, voters who do cast ballots may abstain, deliberately voting for nobody, or they may spoil their votes, either accidentally or as anactofprotest.
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Alternatively, in contexts where acts of protest are tolerated, anti-essentialism can serve as a strategy to illuminate the conditions of oppression experienced by the (essential) self.
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However, none of these acts of protest were able to garner any positive results.
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The younger generation was still being inspired by foreign acts of protest against rigid government regimes.
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These individual acts of protest mostly took place in front of a government building following an unsuccessful approach to the authorities.
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The table of binary oppositions below represents general differences between two types of political action, configured as acts of protest or resistance.
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