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Meanings of civil disobedience in anglès

Essay of Thoreau published in Aesthetic Papers.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "resistance to civil government"
        Examples for "resistance to civil government"
        1
        This episode inspired his 1848 speech Resistance to Civil Government, later published as Civil Disobedience.
        BBC
        Usage of civil disobedience in anglès
        1
        The activists were trained in nonviolent civil disobedience and got legal support.
        Reuters
        2
        They were not the only groups speaking of boycott and civil disobedience.
        The Irish Times
        3
        They have launched their own forms of Gandhian non-cooperation and civil disobedience.
        The Guardian
        4
        Politics and participation versus civil disobedience and direct action, he said.
        News.com.au
        5
        Protest leaders did not say what type of civil disobedience had been planned.
        Reuters
        6
        Otherwise they called for civil disobedience and a general strike from April 4.
        Reuters
        7
        Wong chose not to fight the charge in the spirit of civil disobedience.
        Reuters
        8
        His views on alcohol and civil disobedience have been magnified by the lockdown.
        The South African
        9
        I don't care if there is a strike or civil disobedience, he said.
        Reuters
        10
        On the 30th March civil disobedience had not even been started.
        Freedom's Battle / Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings ...
        11
        That may be civil disobedience if it is peacefully carried out.
        Freedom's Battle / Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings ...
        12
        Both were trained at civil disobedience through looting their own state and factories.
        After the Rain : how the West lost the East
        13
        But unlike the city watch, the knights had little patience for civil disobedience.
        The last page
        14
        His first official act of civil disobedience was in protest of poor food.
        Ebony
        15
        She herself has served 3 terms in prison for acts of civil disobedience.
        The new yorker
        16
        A new group, Tsunami Democratic, has emerged, advocating more active forms of civil disobedience.
        Reuters
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        Civil disobedience through the time
        Civil disobedience across language varieties
        New Zealand
        Common
        Ireland
        Common
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        Common
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