Definition of satyagrahi in English:
satyagrahi
nounPlural satyagrahissʌˈtjɑːɡrəhi
A person who practises the policy of satyagraha.
as a satyagrahi, suffering in the path of freedom and justice was part of his creed
Example sentencesExamples
- No act is too humble for the satyagrahi.
- It was the religion of Truth, not Hinduism, that every satyagrahi affirmed.
- At one point, nearly every family here sent out a satyagrahi.
- The portrait of this staunch satyagrahi, who was one of the key persons in bringing the Gandhi Museum to Madurai, will be displayed at a prominent place in the museum.
- The remaining satyagrahis, joined by others, continued their non-violent struggle for a whole month, till the end of May 1930.
- The duty of a satyagrahi is to pursue dialogue in a persistent manner.
- There is no other way to understand his insistence that the satyagrahi has not eschewed violence until he has removed criticism from his lips and heart and mind.
- Fearing arrest and imprisonment for harbouring satyagrahis, the local landlords refused to accommodate the marchers in the traveller's inns under their control.
- In the last days of the struggle, police rode roughshod over the satyagrahis who refused to part with the contraband salt.
- I enrolled myself as a satyagrahi when I was 16.
- He was not a satyagrahi, he was not a reformer, nor a hero.
- The Satyagrahis marched to Natal without their leader.
- Because the national press was forbidden to report news regarding government repression, the satyagrahis produced their own leaflets.
- At the critical juncture when choice is forced, the satyagrahi must shoulder his greatest burdens.
- In the code of the Satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.
Synonyms
peace-lover, conscientious objector, passive resister, peacemaker, peace-monger, appeaser, pacifier