Civil disobedience

noun

Word Frequency: 1.9

Definitions

1.nounA 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.

Synonyms

dissentism political opposition anticonformity dissent unconstitutionalism counterdemocracy counter-economics activism protest song self-denial countersubversion illegalism

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