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Meanings of nonviolence in английском

португальский
resistência não violenta
каталонский
resistència passiva

Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.

        resistência não violenta
        русский
        ненасилие
        португальский
        não violência
        испанский
        no agredir
        каталонский
        no violent

        Philosophy, personal or collective attitude, refusing to legitimate violence and promoting the respect of others in conflicts.

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            Examples for "passive resistance"
            Examples for "passive resistance"
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            For quiet, aggravating obstinacy and passive resistance, recommend me to a monk.
            A Siren
            2
            It's sometimes difficult to make the case for the efficacy of passive resistance.
            The Irish Times
            3
            He then led Indians in a passive resistance to the country's race laws.
            Reuters
            4
            The old Finnish party has adopted the policy of passive resistance and protest.
            The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
            5
            She behaves in a spoiled manner, frequently complains or uses passive resistance techniques.
            Sisterhood of Dune
            1
            These ghetto residents had not been schooled in the tactics of nonviolent resistance.
            The Black Experience in America
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            To the contrary, nonviolent resistance was the way of the strong.
            The Black Experience in America
            3
            Gandhi taught us nonviolent resistance, and Bill Gates came up with the chip.
            The Guardian
            4
            Both stressed that nonviolent resistance was not to be an excuse for cowardice.
            The Black Experience in America
            5
            India defeated the greatest empire in history using Gan -dhian noncooperation and nonviolent resistance.
            The good son: a novel
            Usage of nonviolence in английском
            1
            The past week of anti-regime protests has been notable for their nonviolence.
            Wired
            2
            When Jesus talked about nonviolence, we should take him at his word.
            The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
            3
            They shouted slogans praising India's independence hero and the apostle of nonviolence.
            The Irish Times
            4
            They are working to create avenues of nonviolence in this community.
            Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
            5
            The fact that his overt nonviolence was met with irreparable brutality is important.
            Ebony
            6
            His ideas of nonviolence and a unified, independent India went deep.
            The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
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            Yet the separation between nonviolence and feminism feels inauthentic to me.
            Feminist dot com
            8
            Ahimsa, the yogic practice of nonviolence, must be adhered to when practicing hatha yoga.
            The game on! diet: kick your friend's butt while shrinking your ...
            9
            I began with praise for the group's commitment to nonviolence.
            True compass: a memoir
            10
            John Hume was a charismatic figure who believed in nonviolence.
            True compass: a memoir
            11
            Those who resort to violence have not mastered nonviolence.
            Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
            12
            The objection that the teaching on nonviolence is ludicrous, if not immoral, is nothing new.
            The myth of a christian religion: losing your religion for the b...
            13
            He told of the violent killings in the Philippines even of those who practiced nonviolence.
            The new yorker
            14
            At first a proponent of nonviolence, Mandela is radicalised after the Sharpeville massacre of 1960.
            The South African
            15
            Like Gandhi, King wanted to make clear that nonviolence was not the same as nonresistance.
            The Black Experience in America
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            His private memorial service was held on Wednesday morning and his family has called for nonviolence.
            Reuters