Meaning of passive resistance | Babel Free

Definitions

noncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting, peaceful demonstration, or refusal to cooperate

Examples

“On June 2, Gandhiji declared in an interview that passive resistance was inevitable if Government failed to meet Indian demands.”

“Some Maoist “party cadres” at the lower echelon have taken an attitude of passive resistance against the “campaign of learning from Tachai in agriculture,” that was launched by Mao Tse-tung.”

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