Meaning civil disobedience
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civil disobediencecoined 1866 by Thoreau as title of an essay originally published (1849) as "Resistance to Civil Government."
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civil disobediencepeaceful refusal to obey certain laws, used as a form of protest and in order to achieve political goals.
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civil disobedienceResistencia Pasiva
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civil disobedienceA nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.
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civil disobediencerefusal to obey governmental demands or commands esp. as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government
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civil disobedienceOn occasions during 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland both communities chose to follow the principles of non-violent resistance ('civil disobedience'). Such activity included marches, sit-down protests, rent or rate strikes, or resignation from public bodies. For Nationalists the tactic was used during the early period of the c [..]
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civil disobedienceCivil disobedience is a non-violent form of protest or resistance to obeying certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power. Civil disobedience has been promoted by nation [..]
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