What does nonviolence mean?

Definitions for nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənsnon·vi·o·lence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolencenoun

    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

Wiktionary

  1. nonviolencenoun

    A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

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  1. nonviolence

    Nonviolence is the practice of using peaceful methods, rather than force or violence, to bring about political or social change. This can involve strategies such as civil disobedience, peaceful resistance, or nonviolent protest. Nonviolence is founded on the belief that all conflicts can be resolved without harm or violence, and it seeks to promote cooperation, understanding, and compassion. It is also associated with principles like respect for all life, social justice, and human rights.

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  1. Nonviolence

    Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and refers to a general philosophy of abstention from violence based on moral, religious or spiritual principles. For some, the philosophy of nonviolence is rooted in the simple belief that God is harmless. Therefore, to more strongly connect with God, one must likewise be harmless. Nonviolence also has 'active' or 'activist' elements, in that believers accept the need for nonviolence as a means to achieve political and social change. Thus, for example, the Gandhian ahimsa is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of violence, but at the same time sees nonviolent action as an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression or armed struggle against it. In general, advocates of an activist philosophy of nonviolence use diverse methods in their campaigns for social change, including critical forms of education and persuasion, mass noncooperation civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action and social, political, cultural and economic forms of intervention.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonviolence in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonviolence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of nonviolence in a Sentence

  1. Uncle ML:

    Nonviolence isabsolute commitment to theway of love. Love is not emotional bash ; it is not empty sentimentalism, it is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another.

  2. Lewis Baldwin:

    Democratic Socialist was looking for more radical means of nonviolence.

  3. Mahatma Gandhi:

    It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

  4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    The goals of true education are to teach acceptance, tolerance, and nonviolence.

  5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    For peace, let us teach the humanity tolerance and nonviolence.

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