| 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
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) resistance to a government, law, etc., made without violence, as by fasting, demonstrating peacefully, or refusing to cooperate
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| Noun | 1. |  passive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperatedirect 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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