civil disobedience

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Españoldesobediencia civil

Françaisdésobéissance civile

Deutschziviler Ungehorsam

19 more languages

العربيةعِصْيان مَدَنيّ

Catalàdesobediència civil

Cymraeganufudd-dod sifil

Ελληνικάαπείθεια κατά της αρχής πολιτική ανυπακοή

Suomikansalaistottelemattomuus

Gaeilgeeasumhlaíocht shibhialta

Gàidhligeas-umhlachd chatharra

Magyarpolgári engedetlenség

Bahasa Indonesiapembangkangan sipil

Íslenskaborgaraleg óhlýðni

Italianodisobbedienza civile

日本語市民的不服従

ქართულისამოქალაქო დაუმორჩილებლობა

한국어시민 불복종

Nederlandsburgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid

Portuguêsdesobediência civil

Русскийгражданское неповиновение

Svenskacivil olydnad

ไทยการขัดขืนอย่างสงบ การดื้อแพ่ง อารยะขัดขืน

Examples

“We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked in earnest on preparations for mass action.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

civil enforcement officer civil engineer civil engineering civil ensign Civil Guard civil law

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