nonviolent resistance

Noun
  1. Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate (synset 101245263)
    is a type of: direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: nonviolence, passive resistance

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