Civil disobedience
Civil disobedience noun - A group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination).
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Rally and civil disobedience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rally" instead a noun phrase "Civil disobedience".
Rally
Rally noun - An act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort.
Civil disobedience and rally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Civil disobedience" instead a noun "Rally".
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- Now, the idea was apparently meant to rally Quebeckers around a French Canadian identity, since the removal of religious symbolism would be portrayed as passive aggressive pseudo-civil disobedience towards the federal government.
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