nonviolent
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- adjective
- /nɒnˈvaɪələnt/
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no violento
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott showed that nonviolent protest could help bring an end to segregation.
- a nonviolent protest
- nonviolent resistance
- by nonviolent means
On several occasions, Gandhi believed in nonviolent civil disobedience.
- On several occasions, Gandhi believed in nonviolent civil disobedience.
- It's it's it's the only nonviolent game that Rockstar has ever made.
- It's completely nonviolent, but they insist on free elections.
- He likes the idea of nonviolent protest and green nonprofits.
- Then they go down the quote UN quote nonviolent path.
- Most of these folk are, many of these folk are there for nonviolent drug related offenses.
- This is a white collar, nonviolent offense.
- But yet these nonviolent crimes send black men to their graves.
- But yeah, legalize, legalize all nonviolent consensual adult activities, right.
- One is their risk of nonviolent offense, and the other is the risk of violent offense.
- Hamas tried something else that was nonviolent civil resistance.
- And they were there on unrelated offenses, all drugs, nonviolent.
- So the four are nonviolent communication, play, spirituality and connection.
Examples
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At the same time, many ethnic movements are increasingly inclined to seek nonviolent means of achieving their aims.
Academic text (1997) -
Hamas tried something else that was nonviolent civil resistance.
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You know, this, this nonviolent communication, this, this, this concept.
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Would that I could, but, you know, the whole nonviolent thing.
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This is about functioning well as a nonviolent society.
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Our struggle is a nonviolent struggle.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott showed that nonviolent protest could help bring an end to segregation.
Fiction book (2001) -
After the revolutions of 1989, the nonviolent option seems eminently more realistic.
Academic text (1991) -
Our struggle is a nonviolent struggle for change and justice.
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Some Muslims had already begun on their own to initiate nonviolent actions in their work for reconciliation.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not using violence when protesting or solving a conflict
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4.2
Calm and gentle, not likely to attack or fight
Calm and not wanting to fight or argue
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.9
A way of opposing a government without using violence, for example by refusing to obey laws
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonviolent is built from non- meaning 'not' and violent, which comes from 'violence' meaning 'force' or 'harm'. So nonviolent means 'not using force', which is why it describes people or actions that try to change things peacefully without fighting.