What is another word for nonviolence?
Synonyms for nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənsnon·vi·o·lence
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Princeton's WordNet
passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolencenoun
peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
Synonyms:
passive resistance, nonviolent resistance
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How to use nonviolence in a sentence?
I have never been violent to anybody for any reason. I have spent my entire life as a citizen, as a pastor of Dr. King’s church steeped in the philosophy of nonviolence, my opponent, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of violence, and he hasn’t come clean about it.
Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964:
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
The Powderhorn Safety Collective:
We are neighbors providing support to the community with compassion and care in mind, as a collective, we commit to the practices of nonviolence and de-escalation with the end goal of strengthening the social fabric of the neighborhood.
For peace, let us teach the humanity tolerance and nonviolence.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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- اللاعنفArabic
- nenásilíCzech
- Gewaltlosigkeit, GewaltfreiheitGerman
- abstención de la violenciaSpanish
- väkivallattomuusFinnish
- La non-violence, non-violenceFrench
- अहिंसाHindi
- erőszakmentességHungarian
- nonviolenzaItalian
- 非暴力Japanese
- geweldloosheidDutch
- não-violênciaPortuguese
- отказ от применения насильственных методов, ненасилиеRussian
- nenasiljeSerbo-Croatian
- icke-våldSwedish
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