civil disobedience

Noun

Meaning

a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

insurrection uprising disobedience satyagraha insurgence pacifism nonviolence ahimsa nonresistance passive resistance nonaggression

Antonyms

peaceableness

Hypernyms

direct action

Hyponyms

sit in protest march

Examples

Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience Source: Internet

Amnesty International, Nigeria has reacted to the seven day ultimatum issued by a Nigerian group for it to vacate the country or office large scale civil disobedience at its offices in Abuja and Lagos. Source: Internet

As an aftermath, Bhutto tapped into an anti-Ayub Khan movement and kicked off a storm of civil disobedience. Source: Internet

Baxter, pp. 78–79 A massive civil disobedience movement erupted across East Pakistan, with open calls for independence. citation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addressed a huge pro-independence rally in Dacca on 7 March 1971. Source: Internet

Bedau writes, "There is a whole class of acts, undertaken in the name of civil disobedience, which, even if they were widely practiced, would in themselves constitute hardly more than a nuisance (e.g. trespassing at a nuclear-missile installation). Source: Internet

Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations and productive dialogues between activists and government authorities. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

civil defence siren civil defendant civil defense civil dispute civil disruption civil disturbance