Meaning of NONRESISTANCE
| Pronunciation: | | `nânri'zistuns
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| | Definition: | | [n] group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence |
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| | See Also: | | group action | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Non`re*sist"ance\, n.
The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive
obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or
violence without opposition.
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| | Related Terms: | | a wise passiveness, acceptance, acquiescence, amenability, appeasement, assent, balance of power, brinkmanship, coexistence, colonialism, complaisance, compliance, compromise, consent, containment, contemplation, contemplative life, deference, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, Eisenhower Doctrine, expansionism, foreign affairs, foreign policy, good-neighbor policy, homage, humbleness, humility, idleness, immobility, imperialism, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, internationalism, isolationism, kneeling, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, manifest destiny, meditation, meekness, militarism, Monroe Doctrine, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, Nixon Doctrine, noninvolvement, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonparticipation, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, obedience, obeisance, open door, open-door policy, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, passivity, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, policy, preparedness, procrastination, Quakerism, quiescence, quietism, resignation, resignedness, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, spheres of influence, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness, the big stick, tough policy, Truman Doctrine, uncomplainingness, vegetation, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting, world politics, yielding |
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