Protest

Definition: Protest

Protest

Noun

1. A formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution".

2. The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.

3. The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall".

Verb

1. Utter words of protest.

2. Fight back, also metaphorically: "His body protested against the harsh training".

3. Affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "protest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Economics

Mining

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Synonyms: Protest

Affirmation

Verb: assert; make an assertion; Noun: have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state; protest, profess.

Asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition; (record); avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment; (assent); legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration.

Deprecation

Verb: deprecate, protest, expostulate, enter a protest, intercede for; remonstrate.

Noun: deprecation, expostulation; intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance.

Dissent

Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny).

Negation

Recusation, protest; recusancy; (dissent); flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi.

Nonobservance

Retraction, retractation, repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture.

Discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel; (wipe off).

Nonpayment

Noun: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent; revocation.

Crosswords: Protest

Czech (objection, protest, remonstrance), Danish (protest), Dutch (protest), German (furore, protest, protestation, squawk), Romanian (caveat, demur, objection, protest, protestation, remonstrance), Serbo-Croatian (outcry, protest, protestation), Swedish (caveat, expostulation, obtestation, protest, protestation).

I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. (Much Ado About Nothing; writing credit: Kenneth Branagh)

The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

When Congress voted to cut airport appropriations, you never even sent in a letter of protest. And where were you when the airlines and the pilots and the rest of us werewere pleading forfor more airports and better traffic control (Airport; writing credit: Arthur Hailey; George Seaton)

This costume happens to be a protest statement (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Who are they to protest me (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll)

Join voices in protest (Rhythm Nation; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Critical Look at the New Left From Protest to Resistance (1968)

Protest (1967)

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Books

• Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender, and British Slavery, 1713-1833 (reference)

• Why Women Protest : Women's Movements in Chile (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Complete Protest Desk Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Civilisation - The Hero as Artist / Protest and Comunication (reference)

• Student Protest in China (reference)

• The Sensational 70s: 1970 - The Year of Protest (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Luigi Nono: Voices of Protest, Vol.1 (reference)

• Best of 60's & 70's Rock: Protest Rock (reference)

• Songs of Protest (reference)

• Universal Soldiers: Songs Of Peace And Protest (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Confers with Admiral James O. Richardson (right), Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, in the Secretary's Office, Washington, D.C., on 10 October 1940. Also present are Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, USN(Retired) (left) and Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Richardson was in Washington to protest the continued basing of the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Credit: NAVY.

A silent protest. Credit: Library of Congress.

A protest from the vested interests. Credit: Library of Congress.

There's one protest they won't ignore. Credit: Library of Congress.

African American school children holding signs of protest against Norfolk school board's treatment of black teachers, Norfolk, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

Silent protest parade in New York [City] against the East St. Louis riots, 1917. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children's protest parade. They want better homes. New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Protest against child labor in a labor parade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stop FBI harassment of Ogala [sic] Sioux Indians of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, protest to FBI, (202) 324-3000 / Wilfred Owen Brigade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rally to protest British terrorism in Northern Ireland : Ed Koch, William F. Ryan ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, recognising the moral obligation to redress the wrong done by Germany in 1871 both to the rights of France and to the wishes of the population of Alsace and Lorraine, which were separated from their country in spite of the solemn protest of their representatives at the Assembly of Bordeaux Agree upon the following Articles: ARTICLE 5l. (reference)

We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1956)

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I protest against having paid the smallest attention to any one else

Let me meekly protest that I never intended my readers to devote the rest of their lives to writing out answers

He will protest.

I protest I did.

This interchange of love, I here protest, Upon my part shall be inviolable

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Health

The lack of independence resulting from hospitalization and cancer treatment is particularly displeasing to the adolescent, who may frequently and loudly protest the forced dependence. (references)

Business

However, many workers choose not to protest for fear of reprisals or deportation. (references)

In the southwest there was a series of strikes, including a large protest in Mianyang, Sichuan province. (references)

In the spring, workers in the port of Dalian staged a slowdown to protest a reduction in the number of workers. (references)

Children

Czech Republic

In 1999 12 Romani families filed suit in the Constitutional Court to protest the "de facto segregation" of Romani children into special schools; however, the Constitutional Court rejected the complaint in November 1999 and stated that it did not have the power to order the Ministry of Education to create programs to end racial discrimination. (references)

Civil Liberties

Croatia

However, the new supervisory board did not replace the HRT director, prompting the HRT council president to resign in protest in October. (references)

Gabon

In June between 200 and 300 protestors from the "Collective of Unemployed of Port Gentil" set up a barricade on the main road between the center of the country's second largest city, Port Gentil, and the city's oil export facility to protest unemployment and the large number of noncitizens hired by local businesses. (references)

Economic History

Algeria

During this period, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) launched terrorist campaigns against government figures and institutions to protest the banning of the Islamist parties. (references)

Ecuador

Labor organizations help mobilize street protests that contributed to the removal of President Bucaram from office by Congress in February 1997. More recently, transportation strikes organized to protest fuel price increases in early 2001 were very effective in extracting government concessions. (references)

Nepal

Strikes are unpopular, but are widely viewed as the only available means of political or labor protest. (references)

Human Rights

Guinea

According to Agence France Presse (AFP), Alliance Nationale pour la Democratie leader Antoine Soromou, whose 2-year prison sentence ended in December 2000, threatened a hunger strike to protest his continued detention but did not carry out the threat. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

His lawyers wrote an open letter of protest to the President; the next day, the authorities allowed him to leave for Paris with his documents and belongings. (references)

Mexico

The Association of Relatives and Friends of Disappeared persons held a public protest against the authorities, who denied any involvement in the crime. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Bengalis formed a procession to protest the murder and to demand action against those responsible. (references)

Paraguay

In June the Government executed a court order and dislodged farm workers who took over the lands of the Mbya indigenous group in 1994. The Mbya had camped in front of the Congress for the last 2 years both in protest and for lack of a place to live. (references)

Malaysia

Indigenous people displaced by the Bakun Dam project in Sarawak continue to protest the lack of transparency in the resettlement process, inadequate compensation for their lands and homes, and destruction of their traditional way of life. (references)

Minorities

China

In Atush, Akqi, and Akto counties, 24 persons were sentenced publicly, including 2 sentenced to death, for "sabotaging public order and the social stability." Three Uighurs were sentenced in April for being members of the "1999 9th August disturbances" which actually was a demonstration in front of the local Communist party building to protest the arrest of an imam. (references)

India

In the small town of Kalamb in northern Maharashtra, the police arrested nine members of the Pardhi community as suspects in a robbery case on August 28. When the Pardhi community held a protest march on August 29, a mob burned 50 Pardhi homes. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Also in May, leaflets were distributed in Doboj, in the RS, calling on Muslims to leave the city and urging Serbs to protest against the reconstruction of the city's mosque. (references)

Political Economy

China

Industrial workers throughout the country continued to organize sporadically to protest layoffs and to demand payment of overdue wages and benefits. (references)

Argentina

An alleged bribery scandal in the Senate led to the resignation of Vice President Alvarez in October 2000 in apparent protest over the administration's weak response to the crisis. (references)

Tanzania

Votes were cancelled in 16 constituencies, and new votes were held in November 2000. The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) boycotted the revotes in protest. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The HDZ protest against the election rules and other developments that it claimed threatened the rights of the Croat people in the country escalated following the formation of the new central and Federation Governments in February and April, which excluded the HDZ from power. (references)

Haiti

The militants burned tires, threw rocks at the opposition headquarters, and closed streets to protest the Convergence's perceived intransigence and their proclamation of an "alternative government." On March 19, the opposition and the demonstrators exchanged gunfire in front of the headquarters. (references)

Bolivia

On May 9, CNE Justice Jorge Lazarte Rojas resigned in protest against perceived politicization of the electoral courts, specifically the alleged party quota-based nomination of departmental electoral judges. (references)

Trade

Canada

A party can protest an existing law, measure, or practice that does not conform to the agreement's principles by formally lodging an exception or reservation for the measure. (references)

Travel

Uk

Lines of cars waiting at gas stations caused major traffic jams throughout the UK Further protest and resultant disruptions - even to tourists - cannot be ruled out if there is continued concern about high fuel prices. (references)

Ecuador

Political demonstrations occur sporadically in urban areas, usually to protest the Ecuadorian Government's handling of the economy. (references)

Women

Cameroon

The law allows a husband to oppose his wife's right to work in a separate profession if the protest is made in the interest of the household and the family. (references)

Worker Rights

Yugoslavia

In June taxis blocked roads throughout the country to protest the Government's policy on taxi drivers. (references)

Panama

Despite ILO protest, public sector workers do not fall under the Labor Code and do not always receive the minimum wage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "protest": acceptance supra protest ♦ enter a protest ♦ lodge a protest ♦ mass protest ♦ massive protest ♦ protest against ♦ protest march ♦ protest meeting ♦ protest movement ♦ protest of a note ♦ public protest ♦ raise a loud protest ♦ register a protest ♦ stage a peaceful protest ♦ supra protest ♦ to protest a bill ♦ To protest a bill or note ♦ to protest a note ♦ under protest ♦ wave of protest ♦ without protest. Additional references.

Beginning with "protest": protest-in-itself, protest-morality, protest-prone.

Ending with "protest": blanket-protest, father-protest, half-protest, mock-protest, tax-protest.

Afrikaans

protesteer, protes, beswaar. (various references)

Albanian

protestoj (clamor against, clamour against, deprecate, object, outcry, remonstrate), protestë (demarche, deprecation, objection, outcry, protestation, remonstrance), pohoj (admit, affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, bear out, claim, confirm, have, maintain, predicate, reassert), nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, push away, reject, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, set aside, spurn, throw off, thumb down), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عارض (adventitious, disagree, discountenance, dissent, exhibitor, join issue with, mind, negative, nix, not to hold with, object, oppose, part company, precarious, take issue wit), ‏إحتجاج (furor, outcry, plaint, protestation, railing, remonstrance, representation, rise), ‏إحتج (allege, complain, demur, deprecate, expostulate, grouse, nag, object, pick, remonstrate, represent, take exception to, yell), ‏إعترض (bar, blockade, challenge, cross, demur, except, expostulate, impugn, intercept, interpose, interrupt, intervene, object, object to, obstruct, oppose, remonstrate, stop, take exception to, traverse), ‏إعتراض (blockage, demur, exception, interception, intervention, kick, objection, protestation, quibble, remonstrance, stop, stoppage), ‏أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant), ‏أعلن (advertise, advertize, announce, avow, bill, blare, celebrate, count, declare, denote, enunciate, gazette, portend, predicate, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, publicize, publish, put out, report, represent, rule, show, sound, state, usher, vote), ‏شكوى (beef, claim, complaint, grievance, grouse, lawsuit, miserere, plaint, railing, representation). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тържествено изявление, тържествена декларация (protestation, testimony), възражение (answer, caveat, demur, demurrer, deprecation, exception, expostulation, objection, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply, reservation), отказвам (decline, deny, misfire, negative, rebuff, refuse, thumb down), отказана полица, заявявам (affirm, allege, assert, aver, avow, declare, enounce, maintain, predicate, proclaim, profess, set out, state), протестен (remonstrative), протестирана полица, протестирам (declaim, kick, object, obtest, outcry, remonstrate, up in arms), протест (caveat, expostulation, kick, objection, obtestation, outcry, protestation, rebellion, remonstrance), повдигам възражение срещу (controvert). (various references)

Chinese 

抗議 , 抗议 (Demurrage, Protestation, Protested, Protesting). (various references)

Czech

protestovat (object, remonstrate), protest (objection, remonstrance), ohrazovat se, odporovat (antagonize, contradict, contravene, gainsay, go against, oppose, resist, withstand), odpor (antipathy, aversion, contradiction, disgust, dislike, distaste, nausea, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, resistance, revulsion), námitka (demur, objection, plea, question, remonstrance). (various references)

Danish

protestere. (various references)

Dutch

betwisten (challenge, question). (various references)

Esperanto

protesto, protesti. (various references)

Faeroese

mótmæli. (various references)

Farsi 

پروتست , واخواست کردن , واخواست رسمی , اعتراض کردن (Except, Object, Obtest, Squawk), اعتراض (Defiance, Exception, Objection, Remonstrance), شکایت (Complaint, Denunciation, Discontent, Grievance, Gripe, Groan, Moan, Murmur, Rumble). (various references)

Finnish

protestoida (lodge a protest), vastalause, valitus (appeal, complaining, complaint, lament), valittaa (appeal, be sorry, be sorry about, bewail, complain, condole, deplore, groan, lodge a complaint, moan, regret), vakuuttaa (assure, convince, insure, persuade). (various references)

French

protestation (protestation), protester. (various references)

German

Einspruch (appeal, objection, plea, veto), protestieren (object, remonstrate, remonstration, to protest). (various references)

Greek 

διαμαρτύρομαι (expostulate, object to, remonstrate), διαμαρτυρία (remonstrance, remonstration). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחאה (protestation, remonstrance), להלון (complain, grumble, mutter), להתאונן (complain, grumble), להתריע (sound an alarm), לטעון בתוקף, קובלנה (complaint, grumble, plaint), פרוטסט, ערעור (appeal, disputation, objection, shaking, subversion). (various references)

Hungarian

tiltakozás (expostulation, kick, objection, protestation, recrimination, remonstrance, veto). (various references)

Indonesian

unjukrasa (demonstration), sanggahan (joinder, rebuttal), recet (cry), menyanggah (contradict, disprove, oppose), memprotes (deprecate). (various references)

Italian

protesta (complaint, outcry, protestation, remonstrance), protestare (complain, expostulate, remonstrate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

抗議 (objection). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プロテスト , ふふく (complaint, disagreement, disapproval, discontent, dissatisfaction, objection, prostration), いぎ (different meaning, dignified manner, dignity, dissent, majesty, meaning, objection, significance), こうぎ (amity, authorities, broader application, equity, fine workmanship, friendship, government, imperial court, just view, justice, kindness or favour, lecture, objection, official, public affairs, public opinion, shogunate government, skill, warm friendship, wide sense, your kindness), こうべん (eloquence, fluency, pleading, refutation), こうこく (advertisement, appeal, complaint, duchy, dukedom, Japan, making a country prosperous, official notice, principality, prosperous country, public announcement, theempire), こうげん (a wide plain or field, antigen, boasting, bragging, declaration, flattery, light source, plateau, profession, tableland, talking big, wilderness), ものいい (manner of speaking, objection, quarrel, rumor, way of speaking). (various references)

Korean 

항의 (Protesting). (various references)

Manx

jannoo plaiynt, chionnraaghey, chionnraa. (various references)

Papiamen

protestá, protesta. (various references)

Pig Latin

otestpray.(various references)

Portuguese

protesto (kick, protestation, remonstrance). (various references)

Romanian

protestare (protestation), protesta împotriva (declaim against, exclaim against), protesta (boo, expostulate, kick, lodge a protest, make opposition, object), protest (caveat, demur, objection, protestation, remonstrance), declaraţie solemnã (asseveration, protestation), declara solemn, crâcni (grumble). (various references)

Russian 

опротестовывать, опротестование, протестовать (demur, exclaim against, object, obtest, outcry, protested, protesting, rebel, reclaim, remonstrate), протест (demur, deprecation, kick, objection, obtestation, outcry, protestation, remonstrance, revolt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

protestovati (deprecate, object, obtest), protest (outcry, protestation), povika (outcry),