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A form of political activism in which participants act illegally, ignoring established democratic procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, uncountable, usually
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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Small-scale raids, ambushes, sabotage, etc. carried out by the military.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: protest, objection, dissent
Narrower terms: civil disobedience, job action, passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolence, recusancy
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
ekintza zuzena
— form of activism
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Finnish:
suora toiminta
— form of activism
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French:
action directe
— form of activism
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German:
direkte Aktion
— form of activism
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Italian:
azione diretta
— form of activism
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Spanish:
acción directa
— form of activism
