Civil Disobedience

Definition: Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience

Noun

1. A group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience".

Domain	Definitions
Law	Refusal to obey laws considered as unjust by means of non-violent protest. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Civil Disobedience

Synonyms: Government, Resistance to, Noncooperation, Political violence, Resistance to government, Violence, Political. (additional references)

Crosswords: Civil Disobedience

English words defined with "civil disobedience": sit in, sit-in. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's amazing what one act of civil disobedience can do for a person. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)
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Domain	Title
Books	Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference) Civil Disobedience in Focus (Philosophers in Focus) (reference) Civil Disobedience, Solitude and Life Without Principle (Literary Classics (Prometheus Books)) (reference) Electronic Civil Disobedience & Other Unpopular Ideas (reference) The Civil Disobedience Handbook: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchanted (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Brian Fennelly: A Thoreau Symphony, on Civil Disobedience (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	1. Harvey Wasserman : Civil disobedience & direct action from the Boston Tea Party to Seabrook occupation, 2. Green Mountain Post Films' The Last Resort ... Nov. 16. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Hong Kong	In what amounts to acts of civil disobedience, one group refuses to comply with the notification provisions, and it has made clear its intention to continue to do so until the law is revoked. (references)
Economic History	Bangladesh	The talks proved unsuccessful, however, and on March 1, 1971, Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. (references)
	San Marino	In 1739, Cardinal Alberoni used military force to occupy the country, but civil disobedience was used to protest this, and clandestine notes sent to the Pope to obtain justice were answered by the Pope's recognition of San Marino's rights and restoration of independence. (references)
Human Rights	Cuba	In 2000 he had received a 5-year prison sentence for allegedly promoting civil disobedience. (references)
	Mexico	Some human rights groups have claimed that activists arrested in connection with civil disobedience activities are in fact political detainees. (references)
	Turkey	In September a military court acquitted 16 civilians who had republished, as an act of civil disobedience, a banned article criticizing mandatory military service. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "civil disobedience"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏عصيان مدني. (various references)

Czech		obèanská neposlušnost. (various references)

Danish		civil ulydighed. (various references)

Dutch		burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid. (various references)

French		désobéissance civile. (various references)

German		ziviler Ungehorsam. (various references)

Hungarian		passzív rezisztencia (non-resistance). (various references)

Italian		disobbedienza civile. (various references)

Pig Latin		ivilcay isobedienceday

Portuguese		desobediência civil. (various references)

Russian		гражданское неповиновение. (various references)

Spanish		desobediencia civil. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Civil Disobedience" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: civil disobediance. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-c-d-d-e-e-e-i-i-i-i-l-n-o-s-v"
	-5 letters: disobedience.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Civil Disobedience"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Arabic	‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان	‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, арабский, árabe
Czech	slovník, definice, překlad	‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, чешский, checo
Danish	ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse	‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francés
German	Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition	‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, alemán
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, húngaro
Italian	dizionario, definizione, traduzione	‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugués
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruso
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, español
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés

Expression	Frequency per Day
civil disobedience	132
civil disobedience thoreau	20
henry david thoreau and civil disobedience	10
civil disobedience gandhi	6
civil disobedience example	4
civil disobedience king luther martin	4
civil disobedience movement	4
on the duty of civil disobedience	4
civil disobedience essay	3
civil disobedience thoreaus	3
civil disobedience summary	3
band civil disobedience	3
band civil disobedience punk	2
civil disobedience electronic	2
civil disobedience by henry david thoreau	2
by civil disobedience thoreau	2
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Civil Disobedience

Definition: Civil Disobedience