🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

非暴力抗议

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēi bàol lì kàngyì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nonviolent protest/ˌnɒnˈvaɪə.lənt ˈprɒs.tɛst/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这场非暴力抗议吸引了各界人士的参与。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The practice of achieving political or social goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods without using physical violence.

    "The organizers emphasized that all demonstrations during the march must strictly adhere to nonviolent protest."
  2. 2

    An organized public demonstration or campaign that deliberately avoids physical force or aggression.

    "A massive nonviolent protest was staged outside government headquarters to demand environmental reforms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'non-' (from Latin 'non', meaning not), 'violent' (from Latin 'violentus', characterized by physical force), and 'protest' (from Latin 'protestari', to declare publicly). The compound concept gained widespread political and sociological currency during the mid-20th century through civil rights movements led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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