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Meaning of Nonviolence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية اللاعنف لاعنف
Català no-violència
Deutsch Gewaltfreiheit Gewaltlosigkeit
Esperanto neperforto
Español abstención de la violencia
Suomi väkivallattomuus
Français non resistance non-résistance non-violence
ગુજરાતી અહિંસા
हिन्दी अहिंसा
Italiano nonviolenza
日本語 非暴力
한국어 비폭력
മലയാളം അഹിംസ
Nederlands geweldloosheid
Português não-violência
Русский ненаси́лие отка́з от примене́ния наси́льственных мето́дов
Svenska icke-våld
Tiếng Việt bất bạo động phi bạo lực

Examples

“From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Nonviolent Nonviolently nonvirgin nonvirginity nonvirility nonvirion

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