"nonviolence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonviolences [plural]
Etymology: From non- + violence. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|violence}} non- + violence Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} nonviolence (usually uncountable, plural nonviolences)
  1. A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts. Wikipedia link: nonviolence Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: non-violence Translations (philosophy that rejects violence): اللاعنف [masculine] (Arabic), no-violència [feminine] (Catalan), 非暴力 (fēibàolì) (Chinese Mandarin), nenásilí [neuter] (Czech), geweldloosheid [feminine] (Dutch), neperforto (Esperanto), väkivallattomuus (Finnish), non-violence [feminine] (French), non-résistance [dated, feminine] (French), non resistance [dated, feminine] (French), non violencia [feminine] (Galician), Gewaltlosigkeit [feminine] (German), Gewaltfreiheit [feminine] (German), अहिंसा (ahinsā) [feminine] (Hindi), erőszakmentesség (Hungarian), nonviolenza [feminine] (Italian), 非暴力 (hibōryoku) (Japanese), бейзорлық (beizorlyq) (Kazakh), 비폭력 (bipongnyeok) (alt: 非暴力) (Korean), inviolentia [feminine] (Latin), ненасилство (nenasilstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), അഹിംസ (ahiṁsa) (Malayalam), پرهیز از خشونت (Persian), não-violência [feminine] (Portuguese), ненаси́лие (nenasílije) [neuter] (Russian), отка́з от примене́ния наси́льственных мето́дов (otkáz ot primenénija nasílʹstvennyx metódov) [masculine] (Russian), अष्ट्रा (aṣṭrā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), nenasilje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), abstención de la violencia [feminine] (Spanish), icke-våld [neuter] (Swedish), ненасильство (nenasylʹstvo) (Ukrainian), bất bạo động (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáz ot primenénija nasílʹstvennyx metódov",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́з от примене́ния наси́льственных мето́дов"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "aṣṭrā",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अष्ट्रा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nenasilje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abstención de la violencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "icke-våld"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nenasylʹstvo",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "word": "ненасильство"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "philosophy that rejects violence",
      "word": "bất bạo động"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonviolence"
}

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