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Synonyms for civil disobedience


Grammar : Noun



Définition of civil disobedience

Origin :
  • coined 1866 by Thoreau as title of an essay originally published (1849) as "Resistance to Civil Government."
  • noun passive resistance
Example sentences :
  • Trust in our government will end the current civil disobedience.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • That may be civil disobedience if it is peacefully carried out.
  • Extract from : « Freedom's Battle » by Mahatma Gandhi
  • On the 30th March civil disobedience had not even been started.
  • Extract from : « Freedom's Battle » by Mahatma Gandhi
  • Both were trained at civil disobedience through looting their own state and factories.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • But I have found to my cost that civil disobedience requires far greater preliminary training and self-control.
  • Extract from : « Freedom's Battle » by Mahatma Gandhi

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