"civil disobedience" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} civil disobedience (uncountable)
  1. A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Related terms: treason Translations (active and non-violent refusal to obey): عِصْيان مَدَنيّ (Arabic), desobediència civil [feminine] (Catalan), 公民不服從 (Chinese Cantonese), 公民不服从 (gung¹ man⁴ bat¹ fuk⁶ cung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 公民不服從 (Chinese Mandarin), 公民不服从 (gōngmín bùfúcóng) (Chinese Mandarin), občanská neposlušnost [feminine] (Czech), civil ulydighed [common-gender] (Danish), burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), borgaraligt ólýdni [feminine, neuter] (Faroese), kansalaistottelemattomuus (Finnish), désobéissance civile [feminine] (French), სამოქალაქო დაუმორჩილებლობა (samokalako daumorčilebloba) (Georgian), ziviler Ungehorsam [masculine] (German), πολιτική ανυπακοή (politikí anypakoḯ) [feminine] (Greek), polgári engedetlenség (Hungarian), borgaraleg óhlýðni [feminine] (Icelandic), easumhlaíocht shibhialta [feminine] (Irish), disobbedienza civile [feminine] (Italian), 市民的不服従 (shiminteki fufukujū) (alt: しみんてきふふくじゅう) (Japanese), 시민 불복종 (simin bulbokjong) (alt: 市民不服從) (Korean), സിവിൽ നിയമലംഘനം (sivil niyamalaṅghanaṁ) (Malayalam), sivil ulydighet (Norwegian), obywatelskie nieposłuszeństwo [neuter] (Polish), desobediência civil [feminine] (Portuguese), гражда́нское неповинове́ние (graždánskoje nepovinovénije) [neuter] (Russian), eas-umhlachd chatharra [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), desobediencia civil [feminine] (Spanish), civil olydnad [common-gender] (Swedish), อารยะขัดขืน (aa-rá-yá-kàt-kʉ̌ʉn) (Thai), การขัดขืนอย่างสงบ (Thai), การดื้อแพ่ง (Thai), громадя́нська непоко́ра (hromadjánsʹka nepokóra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), anufudd-dod sifil [masculine] (Welsh)
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "politikí anypakoḯ",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πολιτική ανυπακοή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "polgári engedetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borgaraleg óhlýðni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "easumhlaíocht shibhialta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disobbedienza civile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しみんてきふふくじゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiminteki fufukujū",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "市民的不服従"
    },
    {
      "alt": "市民不服從",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "simin bulbokjong",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "시민 불복종"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sivil niyamalaṅghanaṁ",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "സിവിൽ നിയമലംഘനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "sivil ulydighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obywatelskie nieposłuszeństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desobediência civil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "graždánskoje nepovinovénije",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "гражда́нское неповинове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eas-umhlachd chatharra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desobediencia civil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "civil olydnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-rá-yá-kàt-kʉ̌ʉn",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "อารยะขัดขืน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "การขัดขืนอย่างสงบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "word": "การดื้อแพ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hromadjánsʹka nepokóra",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "громадя́нська непоко́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "active and non-violent refusal to obey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anufudd-dod sifil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "civil disobedience"
}

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