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passive resistance

noun

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  1. noncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting,…

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

    • 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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