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non-ˈviolence
[non- 1.]
The principle or practice of abstaining from the use of violence.
1920M. K. Gandhi in J. Nehru Autobiogr. (1936) xii. 83, I believe that non-violence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. 1936[see conscientious a. 2]. 1942Koestler in Horizon June 384 His [sc. Gandhi's] slope..gradually made him slide down to his present position of non-violence towards the Japanese aggression. 1968M. L. King Trumpet of Conscience iv. 77 Nonviolence is no longer an option for intellectual analysis, it is an imperative for action. 1974Peace News 1 Feb. 3/1, I knew myself pretty well and knew a little about nonviolence.
So non-ˈviolent a., characterized by, believing in, or practising non-violence; non-ˈviolently adv., in a non-violent manner.
1920M. K. Gandhi Non-Violence 9 Mar. (1922) in Young India 1919–22 288 We must not intend harm to the English or to our co-operating countrymen, if and whilst we claim to be non-violent. 1923C. M. Case (title) Non-violent coercion. 1937J. M. Murry Necessity of Pacifism i. 22 A Socialism of voluntary community and absolute but non-violent resistance to war. 1948A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 2 Gandhi..just couldn't do anything but resist oppression non-violently. 1971M. McCarthy Birds of America 82 Peter replied non-violently. ‘It's for my mother.’ 1973J. Ferguson (title) The politics of love: the New Testament and non-violent revolution. |