civil disobedience
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience
Types & categories
- direct action hypernym
- sit-in hyponym
- protest march hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | direct action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit-in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protest march |