'nonviolence' definitions:
Definition of 'nonviolence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate [syn: passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolence]
Definition of 'nonviolence'
From: GCIDE
- nonviolence \nonviolence\ n. The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
- Syn: passive resistance. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'nonviolence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a wise passiveness,
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- calm,
- calmness,
- conservatism,
- constraint,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- dispassion,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dormancy,
- evenness,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- happy medium,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- impartiality,
- inaction,
- inactivity,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- irenicism,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- lenity,
- meden agan,
- meditation,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolent resistance,
- nothing in excess,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- peaceableness,
- peaceful coexistence,
- policy,
- procrastination,
- prudence,
- quiescence,
- quietism,
- repose,
- restraint,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-restraint,
- serenity,
- sobriety,
- stability,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- steadiness,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- tranquillity,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- unpugnaciousness,
- vegetation,
- via media,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting