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  1. protesting

    A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance or a maree richo) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. Where protests are part of a systematic and peaceful nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as a type of protest called civil resistance or nonviolent resistance.Various forms of self-expression and protest are sometimes restricted by governmental policy (such as the requirement of protest permits), economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. One state reaction to protests is the use of riot police. Observers have noted an increased militarization of protest policing in many countries, with police deploying armored vehicles and snipers against protesters. When such restrictions occur, protests may assume the form of open civil disobedience, more subtle forms of resistance against the restrictions, or may spill over into other areas such as culture and emigration. A protest itself may at times be the subject of a counter-protest. In such cases, counter-protesters demonstrate their support for the person, policy, action, etc. that is the subject of the original protest. Protesters and counter-protesters can sometimes violently clash. One study found that non-violent activism during the civil rights movement in the United States tended to produce favorable media coverage and changes in public opinion focusing on the issues organizers were raising, but violent protests tended to generate unfavorable media coverage that generated public desire to restore law and order.

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  1. Protesting

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of protesting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of protesting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of protesting in a Sentence

  1. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan:

    Today's looting and acts of violence in Baltimore will not be tolerated, there is a significant difference between protesting and violence, and those committing these acts will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.

  2. Sukhdev Singh:

    The violence by some elements is unacceptable, it’ll negate goodwill generated by peacefully protesting farmers.

  3. Theresa Rucks:

    She shouldn’t have been in any kind of trouble. Now it turned out to be where she’s in McCracken because the assistant principal did not like what her shirt had read, they got her with resisting arrest for a shirt that was peaceful protesting.

  4. Milo Schwab:

    This will ensure that people protesting police brutality are not subject to police brutality, demonstrators in Denver are now safer from police brutality than anywhere else in the country.

  5. Jean Hector Anacacis , Celestin:

    We insist, they need to withdraw the Jan. 24 date to calm down the population that is protesting.

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