nonviolently
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3.8
- adverb
- /nɒnˈvaɪələntli/
:
de manera no violenta
- In our everyday lives, we go about our business pretty much nonviolently.
Examples
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Only when they were convinced that equality and their community's ultimate goals could be pursued nonviolently, did they become supporters of the peace process and, eventually, of the Good Friday Agreement itself.
Academic text (2007) -
You can act nonviolently, or you can decide to use or support the use of force.
Academic text (2011) -
We can nonviolently meet social needs without using violence.
Blog text (2) -
Dolcci nonviolently confronted the violent power of the Mafia.
Blog text (2) -
United, we must nonviolently confront our oppressors each and every time they come at us with their "structural adjustments," weapons, and military.
Academic text (2001) -
Unlike Westerns, this film ends not with the hero gunning down the villains, but with a negotiated surrender and a determination to fight on nonviolently.
Academic text (2017) -
Both accounts locate the victory of the reign of God on earth and in history—narrative Christus Victor—and make quite clear that the triumph occurred not through the sword and military might but nonviolently, through death and resurrection.
Academic text (2001) -
The activists chose to protest nonviolently, advocating for their rights without resorting to violence.
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In resolving the conflict, they emphasized the importance of communicating nonviolently to avoid escalation.
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She taught the children to solve their disagreements nonviolently, promoting peace and understanding among them.
Synonyms
149
1.3
In a calm and quiet way without violence
In a gentle, calm way without anger or force
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonviolently = nonviolent (transparent) = non + violent + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'nonviolent', a standard and transparent process.
Etymology
The word nonviolently is made of non- meaning 'not' and violent from an old word meaning 'force' or 'strong', as in the English word force. So nonviolently means 'without force', doing something peacefully and without hurting people.