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A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: direct action
Narrower terms: sit-in, protest march
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عِصْيان مَدَنيّ
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Catalan:
desobediència civil
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Chinese Cantonese:
公民不服從 /公民不服从
(gung1 man4 bat1 fuk6 cung4)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Chinese Mandarin:
公民不服從 /公民不服从
(gōngmín bùfúcóng)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Czech:
občanská neposlušnost
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Danish:
civil ulydighed
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Dutch:
burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Faroese:
borgaraligt ólýdni
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Finnish:
kansalaistottelemattomuus
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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French:
désobéissance civile
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Georgian:
სამოქალაქო დაუმორჩილებლობა
(samokalako daumorčilebloba)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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German:
ziviler Ungehorsam
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Greek:
πολιτική ανυπακοή
(politikí anypakoḯ)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Gujarati:
સવિનયભંગ
(savinyabhaṅg)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Hungarian:
polgári engedetlenség
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Icelandic:
borgaraleg óhlýðni
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Indonesian:
pembangkangan sipil
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Irish:
easumhlaíocht shibhialta
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Italian:
disobbedienza civile
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Japanese:
市民的不服従
(shiminteki fufukujū)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Korean:
시민 불복종
(simin bulbokjong)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Malayalam:
സിവിൽ നിയമലംഘനം
(sivil niyamalaṅghanaṁ)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Norwegian:
sivil ulydighet
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Polish:
obywatelskie nieposłuszeństwo
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Portuguese:
desobediência civil
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Russian:
гражда́нское неповинове́ние
(graždánskoje nepovinovénije)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Scottish Gaelic:
eas-umhlachd chatharra
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Spanish:
desobediencia civil
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Swedish:
civil olydnad
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Thai:
อารยะขัดขืน
(aa-rá-yá-kàt-kʉ̌ʉn)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Thai:
การขัดขืนอย่างสงบ
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Thai:
การดื้อแพ่ง
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Ukrainian:
громадя́нська непоко́ра
(hromadjánsʹka nepokóra)
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
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Welsh:
anufudd-dod sifil
— active and non-violent refusal to obey
