Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869.
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Nonviolence
Synonyms for "nonviolence" (102 found)
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a wise passivenessabnegationabstinencecalmcalmnessconservatismconstraintcontemplationcontemplative lifecontinencecontrolcooldispassiondo-nothing policydo-nothingismdo-nothingnessdormancyevennessgentlenessgolden mean
Noun(1 words)
ethical pacifism
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happy mediumidlenessimmobilityimpartialityinactioninactivityindolenceinertiainertnessirenicismjudiciousnessjuste milieujuste-milieulaissez fairelaissez-allerlaissez-fairelaissez-faireismlenitymeden aganmeditation
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Determiner(1 words)
no force
Noun(1 words)
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noninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolent resistancenothing in excesspacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypeaceablenesspeaceful coexistencepolicyprocrastinationprudencequiescencequietismrepose
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restraintself-abnegationself-controlself-denialself-restraintserenitysobrietystabilitystagnancystagnationstandpattismstasissteadinesstemperancetemperatenesstranquillityunexcessivenessunextravaganceunextremenessunpugnaciousnessvegetationvia mediavita contemplativawaiting gamewatching and waiting
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5 entriesdirect actionethical principleethical theorymoral doctrinepolitical ideology
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5 entriescivil resistancemass nonviolencenonviolence movementpeaceful protestprinciple of nonviolence
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Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights for African-Americans by teaching nonviolence.
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Nonviolence only works when there are violent activists there to make the nonviolent ones seem like a reasonable compromise.
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From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences.
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