passive resistance
A group of citizens sits silently in a public square, engaging in passive resistance.
Noun: * A form of protest or opposition to authority, especially a government, that is characterized by non-violent, non-cooperative actions. This method deliberately avoids physical aggression or violence. Instead, it employs tactics such as refusal to obey laws, fasting, sit-ins, work stoppages, or civil disobedience to achieve political or social goals.
This term is used to describe a specific strategy within social and political movements. It emphasizes the passive or non-violent nature of the resistance, even in the face of potential provocation or force from authorities. * It is often associated with historical movements led by figures like Mahatma Gandhi. * It functions as a mass noun (uncountable) and is not typically used in the plural.
- The activists organized a campaign of passive resistance against the unjust law.
- His philosophy centered on passive resistance and civil disobedience as tools for change.
- The government found it difficult to respond to the widespread passive resistance from the population.
- As a strategic concept: The term can be analyzed in political science and philosophy as a coherent doctrine of non-violent action.
- In historical context: Often used to describe specific historical struggles, such as the Indian independence movement or the American Civil Rights Movement.
- Civil disobedience: A specific form of passive resistance involving the deliberate and public refusal to obey certain laws as a form of protest.
- Nonviolent resistance: A broader, near-synonymous term for opposition using peaceful methods.
- Satyagraha: (From Sanskrit) A term coined by Gandhi, literally meaning "truth force" or "soul force," which encompasses the philosophy and practice of non-violent resistance.
- Nonviolent protest
- Non-cooperation
- Civil resistance
- Armed rebellion
- Violent resistance
- Aggression
- To offer passive resistance: To engage in this form of protest.
- The prisoners offered only passive resistance to the guards.
A group of citizens sits silently in a public square, engaging in passive resistance.
- peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate