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Meaning of civil disobedience

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

civil disobedience

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/civil%20disobedience

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dissentismpolitical oppositionanticonformitydissentunconstitutionalismcounterdemocracycounter-economicsactivism