‘civil disobedience’
11civil disobedience — noun A form of social protest, involving the active but non violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental. We now had no alternative but to… …
12civil disobedience — Narrowly understood, the refusal by all or part of a community to pay taxes or obey the laws and regulations of the state , as an attempt at changing government policy by non violent means. The Gandhian protests against British Rule in India are… …
13civil disobedience — UK / US noun [uncountable] a form of political protest in which large numbers of people refuse to obey a law Gandhi s campaign of civil disobedience against the British authorities …
14Civil disobedience (disambiguation) — Civil disobedience may refer to: Civil disobedience, the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power, usually without resorting to physical violence Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), an essay by… …
15Civil Disobedience (album) — Civil Disobedience Studio album by Leæther Strip Released April 11, 2008 Recorded ??? Genre Industrial, EBM …
16civil disobedience — civil diso bedience n [U] when people, especially a large group of people, refuse to obey a law in order to protest in a peaceful way against the government …
17Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) — Henry David Thoreau …
18civil disobedience — A form of lawbreaking employed to demonstrate the injustice or unfairness of a particular law and indulged in deliberately to focus attention on the allegedly undesirable law. See civil disorder …
19civil disobedience — A form of lawbreaking employed to demonstrate the injustice or unfairness of a particular law and indulged in deliberately to focus attention on the allegedly undesirable law. See civil disorder …
20riots and civil disobedience — Civil disobedience occurs when a person or group feels morally compelled to publicly break the law, usually without using violence, and is prepared to face the full consequences of the legal system. It is considered justifiable if the law is… …
