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单词 civil disobedience
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
civil disobedience, 
    1. Governmentthe refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. Cf. noncooperation (def. 2), passive resistance. 
    2. Literature(caps., italics) an essay (1848) by Thoreau.
    • 1865–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
civil disobedience n
  1. a refusal to obey laws, pay taxes, etc: a nonviolent means of protesting or of attempting to achieve political goals
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