nonviolence
nonviolence
Definition
non·vio·lence (-vī′ə ləns)
noun
an abstaining from violence or from the use of physical force, as in efforts to obtain civil rights or in opposing government policy
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- nonvenomous
- nonvenous
- nonverbal
- nonvernacular
- nonvertical
- nonvesicular
- nonviable
- nonvibratory
- nonvicarious
- nonviolation
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non′·vi′o·lent adjective
nonviolence
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- way: What mattered to him about Christianity was Jesus ' teaching about nonviolence as a way of life: to be a pacifist was essential.
Converse of object
- use: By using nonviolence you are showing a kind of strength that overcomes injustice, which can only be maintained with violence.
- preach: Mr. President, is that we cannot successfully preach nonviolence at home while we escalate mass violence abroad.
- teach: Black people had been taught nonviolence; it was deep in us.
Preposition: for
- child: The decade from 2001 is the United Nations ' International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.
Adjective modifier
- active: In May, theologian Walter Wink led an exploration of the theology of active nonviolence.
- principled: He also linked Gandhian principled nonviolence with the pragmatic nonviolent direct action of the syndicalists.
- pure: One is the approach of pure nonviolence, which cannot readily or easily attract large masses, for it requires extraordinary discipline and courage.
Modifies a noun
- training: A senior police officer, he has been responsible for the nonviolence training of half his force.
- workshop: Eventually it wound up that a nonviolence workshop was to be held at the Baptist Church.
- guideline: In the ALF's own words: " Any action that adheres to the strict nonviolence guidelines can be considered an ALF action.
- movement: Other languages and awareness of international nonviolence movements are desirable.
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