nonviolent
adj.
not violent; nonaggressive
Nonviolence
Nonviolence (or non-violence), whether held as a moral philosophy or only employed as an action strategy, rejects the use of physical
violence in efforts to attain social, economic or political change. As an alternative to both passive acceptance of oppression and armed struggle against it, nonviolence (also known as
nonviolent resistance) offers a number of tactics for popular struggle ranging from
education, to
persuasion, to
civil disobedience, to nonviolent
direct action, to noncooperation with political, economic or social authorities. While frequently used as a synonym for
pacifism, since the mid 20th century the terms nonviolence or nonviolent resistance have been adopted by many movements for
social change which do not focus on opposition to
war.
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nonviolent
Adjective
1. abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
(antonym) violent
(similar) passive, peaceful
(see-also) peaceful
2. achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
(synonym) unbloody
(similar) bloodless
nonviolent
Synonyms and related words:
bland, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, gentle, irenic, judicious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary
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