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nonviolent

[ non-vahy-uh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. not violent; free of violence.
  2. peacefully resistant, as in response to or protest against injustice, especially on moral or philosophical grounds.


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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·o·Գ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nonviolent1

First recorded in 1915–20; non- + violent
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I also remember thinking that Mohsen's activism — though based on nonviolent, pacifist principles — was likely to make him a political target in a country that conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitic bigotry.

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It is critical, even in Donald Trump’s America, that our activism remain nonviolent, tactical, and practical.

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Attorneys for Greenpeace argued that the group did not lead the protests, but merely helped support "nonviolent, direct-action training".

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The Anti Defamation League’s endorsement of this administration and its treatment of a nonviolent protester constitutes one of many betrayals of our cultural and religious history.

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Recently, Barnard College expelled students it said had taken their free speech too far because they had committed crimes – however nonviolent – in the process of exercising it.

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