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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Synonyms for Civil disobedience
Struggle and civil disobedience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Struggle" instead a noun phrase "Civil disobedience".
Struggle
Struggle noun - A forceful effort to reach a goal or objective.
Civil disobedience and struggle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Civil disobedience" instead a noun "Struggle".
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
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- engagement and civil disobedience
- engagement and struggle
- action and civil disobedience
- action and struggle
- encounter and civil disobedience
- encounter and struggle
- contest and civil disobedience
- contest and struggle
- conflict and civil disobedience
- conflict and struggle
- opposition and civil disobedience
- opposition and struggle
- dispute and civil disobedience
- dispute and struggle
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A campaign of resistance and civil disobedience modeled on the Welsh struggle succeeded in gaining official status for Faroese, and today this is the smallest linguistic group within the Nordic family.
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