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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
James Weldon Johnson

Meaning of "passive resistance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE

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conjunction
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Passive resistance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSIVE RESISTANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nonviolent resistance

Nonviolent resistance is the practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, or other methods, without using violence. It is largely but wrongly taken as synonymous with civil resistance. Each of these terms has its distinct merits and also quite different connotations and commitments, which are briefly explored in the entry on civil resistance. The modern form of non-violent resistance was popularised and proven to be effective by the Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi in his efforts to gain independence from the British. Major nonviolent resistance advocates include Gene Sharp, Maori leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi, Leo Tolstoy, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Jr, James Bevel, Václav Havel, Andrei Sakharov, and Lech Wałęsa. There are hundreds of books and papers on the subject — see Further reading below. From 1966 to 1999 nonviolent civic resistance has played a critical role in 50 of 67 transitions from authoritarianism. Recently, nonviolent resistance has led to the Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.

Definition of passive resistance in the English dictionary

The definition of passive resistance in the dictionary is resistance to a government, law, etc, made without violence, as by fasting, demonstrating peacefully, or refusing to cooperate.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSIVE RESISTANCE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSIVE RESISTANCE

acceptance
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circumstance
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reluctance
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Synonyms and antonyms of passive resistance in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «passive resistance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE

Find out the translation of passive resistance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passive resistance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passive resistance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

消极抵抗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

resistencia pasiva
570 millions of speakers

English

passive resistance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय प्रतिरोध
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المقاومة السلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассивное сопротивление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resistência passiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ক্রিয় প্রতিরোধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

résistance passive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rintangan pasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

passiven Widerstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

受動的抵抗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수동적 저항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resistensi pasif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kháng thụ động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயலற்ற எதிர்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रिय प्रतिकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pasif direniş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

resistenza passiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bierny opór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пасивний опір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rezistență pasivă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

παθητική αντίσταση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passiewe weerstand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passivt motstånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passiv motstand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passive resistance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE RESISTANCE»

The term «passive resistance» is regularly used and occupies the 91.128 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE RESISTANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passive resistance

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3 QUOTES WITH «PASSIVE RESISTANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word passive resistance.
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James Weldon Johnson
It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
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Meshell Ndegeocello
I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.
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Al Sharpton
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSIVE RESISTANCE»

Discover the use of passive resistance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passive resistance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance
Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance reaches beyond the art and literary worlds to engage with cultural issues important to all citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET.
Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O'Brien, Lara Strongman, 2006
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The Core of Gandhi's Philosophy
Passive resistance is insufficient as a concept The word satyagraha replaced the earlier term “passive resistance”. Gandhi did not accept the latter, because he considered it “a weapon of the weak”.“ In addition to this, direct action is not ...
Unto Tahtinen, 1979
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The Political Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo
THE DOCTRINE OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE As a political leader and writer Aurobindo made an intense and passionate appeal for passive resistance, or, as it could be more comprehensively termed, defensive resistance. He regarded ...
V. P. Varma, 1990
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Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion
Entries cover slave rebellions, rebels, and modes and forms of slave resistance throughout the Americas, also providing information on the depiction of slavery and slave rebellions in literature and mass media.
Junius P. Rodriguez, 2007
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Wounded Knee: A Lakota Journey from Passive Resistance to a ...
were intended to protect the peaceful performance of the dance from violent intruders. Yet, the concept of invulnerability to protect a passive resistance ritual was distorted by misinformed white-Americans and newspapers into an accoutrement ...
James E. Titsworth, 2008
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Plant Pathology in Agriculture
Resistance mechanisms are divided by most authors into passive and active ( Figure 5.3). Passive resistance mechanisms are most commonly associated with polygenic resistance. Passive resistance to plant pathogens is a very common ...
David W. Parry, 1990
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Foundation Engineering Handbook
Types of Failure Passive Wedge Failure When a horizontal load is applied to a mat with fully embedded skirts, resistance will be developed along the soil- structure interface and passive resistance on skirt elements. If a passive wedge ...
Hsai-Yang Fang, 1990
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Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
16.6 PASSIVE RESISTANCE In certain cases a wall may be pushed towards the soil, as in bridge abutments on expansion or in front of retaining wall. The maximum value of this pressure at the point of failure of the soil is known as passive ...
D.L. Shah, A.V. Shroff, 2003
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Civil Disobedience
considered “passive resistance” a weapon of the weak; the second, that passive resistants did not renounce violence out of principle, but rather because they were in no position to conquer by force.13 Passive resistance's characteristic means ...
María José Falcón y Tella, 2004
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Progress in Cancer Drug Resistance Research
Active, saturable passive and non-saturable passive resistance Saturable passive resistance would arise due to saturation or deficiency of a factor required for drug efficacy, and would be pharmacodynamically equivalent to non- competitive ...
Robert A. Parsons, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSIVE RESISTANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passive resistance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kanawha County Schools Changing Active-Shooter Safety Plan
"It's more of an active preparedness than an passive resistance," said Keith Vititoe. Vititoe, Kanawha County School's director of security, ... «WSAZ-TV, Jul 15»
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Why we fail to manage control system software
This hesitance or passive resistance is surprising considering that the vendors seem to consistently be the primary source of regression and ... «Digital Energy Journal, Jul 15»
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'Stanford Prison Experiment': role playing gone very wrong
... Sheffield), a quietly upright student so poor he lives in his car and who in one late scene mounts a saintly campaign of passive resistance. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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The incredible story of the girl on the one crown coin
There were many cases of passive resistance to the communist regime that only came to light years after it collapsed in 1989. Reporters at ... «Radio Prague, Jul 15»
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Parker and La Paz County Arrest Report 7/22
... LPCSO arrested Chad Bergen, age 20, of Chino Hills, Calif., for disorderly conduct/ DV, underage consumption and Passive Resistance. «Parker Pioneer, Jul 15»
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Fired female Marine commander turns to Congress
In a letter to her unit after her firing, Germano wrote, "Despite considerable active and passive resistance throughout all echelons of the Recruit ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Retired Marine major comes to defense of female officer fired for …
“Despite considerable active and passive resistance throughout all echelons of the Recruit Depot and the Marine Corps, we each worked ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Ahmed Kathrada
... Transvaal Passive Resistance Council and Kathrada participated in the Passive Resistance Campaign of the South African Indian Congress. «Jacaranda FM, Jul 15»
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Female Marine Officer Fired After Holding Female Recruits To Equal …
... active and passive resistance throughout all echelons of the Recruit Depot and the Marine Corps, we each worked incredibly hard to improve ... «The Libertarian Republic, Jul 15»
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Controversy surrounds firing of Marines' female recruit battalion CO
"Despite considerable active and passive resistance throughout all echelons of the Recruit Depot and the Marine Corps, we each worked ... «Marine Corps Times, Jul 15»

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