单词 | non-violence |
释义 | non-violencen. Avoidance of the use of violence, esp. as a principle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > non-violence fair?c1450 bloodlessness1646 non-violence1831 non-injury1838 1831 London Med. Gaz. 6 Aug. 605/2 If the Journals give correct reports of the mode of operating by the most eminent of the profession, the principle of non-violence is either not allowed, or if allowed, not always acted upon. 1914 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 3 Aug. 2/5 Are we to believe Mr. Moyer converted from the policy of rumpus and riot to the tenets of moderation, orderly thinking and non-violence? 1920 M. 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. 1935 Fellowship Mar. 3/1 Pacifism does not renounce the struggle, but carries it on with the more effective weapons of non-violence. 1968 M. L. King Trumpet of Conscience iv. 77 Nonviolence is no longer an option for intellectual analysis, it is an imperative for action. 2010 M. J. McClymond & D. N. Freedman in G. Fink Stress of War, Conflict & Disaster vi. 405 The general principle of ‘nonviolence’ is something other than the mere commandment not to take life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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