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nonviolence Definition

non·vio·lence (-vīə 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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nonviolence Related Forms
non·vio·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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