'Nonresistance' definitions:
Definition of 'nonresistance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
Definition of 'Nonresistance'
From: GCIDE
- Nonresistance \Non`re*sist"ance\, n. The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonresistance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- 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