Direct action

Synonyms for "direct action" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
civil activismgrassroots actionhand-operatedhands-on

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(3 words)
hands-on actionimmediate actionmanual
Noun(2 words)
interventionmilitance

Related words (8)

Adjective(5 words)
popular mobilizationprompt actionstraightforwardunmediateduser-controlled
Noun(3 words)
single step actionsow directlysyndicalism

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

More specific

9 entries
civil disobediencehand-operatedhands-onhands-on taskimmediatemanual controlmanual operationstreet protestunmediated

Collocations

11 entries
civil disobediencedirect-action approachdirect-action devicedirect-action mechanismdirect-action methoddirect-action policygrassroots actionmass demonstrationnonviolent direct actionprotest actionstreet protest

Inflections

3 entries
direct actionsmore direct-actionmost direct-action

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Or there are those who believe that in general the wisest way for people to get what they want is by the indirect method of voting into power some one who will make what they want legal; yet who all the same will occasionally under exceptional conditions advise a strike; and a strike, as I have said, is direct action.

Source: wiktionary

It should be easy enough to see why anarchists have always been drawn to direct action.

Source: wiktionary

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