civil disobedience Definition
civil disobedience
noun
nonviolent opposition to a government policy or law by refusing to comply with it, on the grounds of conscience
civil disobedience Law Definition
n
The deliberate, public, and usually nonviolent breaking of a law in order to
call attention to the unfairness or undesirability of a statute (usually the
one that is broken) or some governmental policy, and to influence public
opinion concerning the same.
civil disobedience Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: We will use and build on existing strategies, including civil disobedience, to resist globalization and to assert our rights.
- practice: To practice civil disobedience is not a choice to be made lightly.
- advocate: Showing unusual courage, he made speeches advocating civil disobedience in opposition to the United States ' war effort in Vietnam.
- involve: And on the third day a mass rally, involving civil disobedience, at the Embassy - nine arrested.
- commit: But when and how is it right to commit civil disobedience?
- organize: Join the act of mass civil disobedience organized by Voices in the Wilderness on Monday August 7th.
Adjective modifier
- non-violent: For men like Currie the party's rejection of his call for a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience had been a grave error.
- mass: In London, several days of protests will see a range of actions from mass civil disobedience to street parties.
- electronic: In an attempt to put the theory of electronic civil disobedience into practice he moved to New York City in 1991.
- peaceful: More importantly, however, this protest was intended as peaceful civil disobedience and, as such, was a success.
- massive: However if this fails and development is approved for this nationally listed site, massive civil disobedience can be expected.
- nonviolent: At some sites there will be acts of nonviolent civil disobedience.
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