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passive resistance

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passive resistance
n.
Resistance by nonviolent methods to a government, an occupying power, or specific laws, as refusing to comply, demonstrating in protest, or fasting.
passive resister n.
passive resistance
Noun
resistance to a government or the law by nonviolent acts such as fasting, peaceful demonstrations, or refusing to cooperate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.passive resistancepassive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
nonviolence, nonviolent resistance
direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
hunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
Satyagraha - the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms


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In this humour of passive resistance, and with his garment collected beneath him to keep his limbs from the wet pavement, Isaac sat in a corner of his dungeon, where his folded hands, his dishevelled hair and beard, his furred cloak and high cap, seen by the wiry and broken light, would have afforded a study for Rembrandt, had that celebrated painter existed at the period.
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