non-violence

Word family  noun violence ≠ non-violence violator violation adjective violent ≠ non-violent verb violate adverb violently

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ˌnon-ˈviolence noun [uncountable]  PPPVIOLENTthe practice of opposing a government without using violence, for example by not obeying laws 非暴力反抗；非暴力主义 → passivity She was committed to non-violence. 她致力于非暴力反抗。 a policy of non-violence 非暴力政策

Examples from the Corpus

non-violence• I intend to show that marketing non-violence can be as profitable as the violence industry can be.• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi spearheaded the movement, which was largely peaceful, Gandhi being the apostle of non-violence.• Ultimately, planners adopted a policy of non-violence.• When we look at this time, and its astonishing record of non-violence, we find ourselves asking several questions.• It is the way in which ahi is implemented or put in action; it is the technique of non-violence.• At any rate, non-violence was on its way to becoming a political objective, not merely a moral one.• My goal to is to get kids to read books, and for kids to relate to a superhero that teaches non-violence.• The problems posed by this view could be related to the question whether non-violence must always be the right way.

ˌnon-ˈviolence nounChineseSyllable  

the using Corpus of government practice without a violence, opposing

non-violence
ˌnon-ˈviolence noun [uncountable]the practice of opposing a government without using violence, for example by not obeying laws ⇨ passivity:
    She was committed to non-violence.
    a policy of non-violence

non-violenceBrE /ˌnɒn ˈvaɪələns/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnɑːn ˈvaɪələns/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the policy of using peaceful methods, not force, to bring about political or social change 非暴力政策