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civil disobedience
ˌcivil disoˈbedience noun [U]
► F0 the act by a group of people of refusing to obey laws or pay taxes, as a peaceful way of expressing their disapproval of those laws or taxes and in order to persuade the government to change them: » Gandhi and Martin Luther King both led campaigns of civil disobedience to try to persuade the authorities to change their policies.Thesaurus+: ↑Refusing and rejectingThesaurus+: ↑Activism and pressure groups |