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nonviolent resistance
noun as in civil disobedience
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in passive resistance
Weak matches
Example Sentences
His search led him to India, where he studied Mohandas K. Gandhi’s ideas about nonviolent resistance.
Participants were not only educated in the principles of nonviolent resistance but went through role-playing exercises to learn how to withstand the worst insults and attacks without succumbing to rage.
Carter quoted many of the same theologians King cited in his practice of nonviolent resistance, and he would join King in 2002 as a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The army’s 2021 takeover was met with massive nonviolent resistance which was suppressed by the military with deadly force and has turned into a widespread armed struggle.
The takeover was met with massive nonviolent resistance, which has since become a widespread armed struggle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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