nonviolent resistance

collocation in English

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non-violent
adjective
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/ˌnɒnˈvaɪə.lənt/us
/ˌnɑːnˈvaɪə.lənt/
(of political protest or crime) not involving fighting or the use of ...
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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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She interprets tree theft not only as a means of generating income, but also a form ofnonviolentresistance.
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Nonviolentresistancewas at the heart of these campaigns, but key features of this nonviolence have been largely neglected by historians.
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Popular opposition was expressed in numerous spontaneous acts ofnonviolentresistance, also called civil resistance.
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Nevertheless, he continued to wage anonviolentresistancethrough his songs.
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Participants in the colour revolutions have mostly usednonviolentresistance, also called civil resistance.
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The protests, which included an emigration movement as well as street demonstrations, were a case ofnonviolentresistance, also often called civil resistance.
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By no means is allnonviolentresistance(sometimes also called civil resistance) based on a fundamental rejection of all violence in all circumstances.
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It may seek to achieve its objects through either the use ofnonviolentresistance(sometimes called civil resistance) or the use of armed force.
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It is a near-synonym fornonviolentresistance, civil disobedience, people power and satyagraha.
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By advocating a solution of simply refusing to support the tyrant, he became one of the earliest advocates of civil disobedience andnonviolentresistance.
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Fuller surveys may be found in the entries on civil resistance,nonviolentresistanceand nonviolent revolution.
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It is particularly associated with his contributions to the idea ofnonviolentresistance, sometimes also called civil resistance.
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War tax resistance is the refusal to pay some or all taxes that pay for war and a form ofnonviolentresistance.
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Nonviolentresistanceis sometimes an element of anti-racial movements, although this was not always the case.
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In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle ofnonviolentresistance.
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Methods ofnonviolentresistancerange from protests (e.g., demonstrations) to non-cooperation (e.g., strikes, boycotts) to civil resistance (e.g., traffic blockades).
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Popular opposition was expressed in numerous spontaneous acts ofnonviolentresistance.
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The letter defends the strategy ofnonviolentresistanceto racism, arguing that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws.
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There are various forms of resistance for various reasons, which then can be, again, classified as violent andnonviolentresistance(and other which is unclear).
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