Search
Select the dictionary language
civil disobedience
/sˈɪvəl dˌɪsoʊbˈiːdiəns/
/sˈɪvəl dˌɪsəʊbˈiːdiəns/
Civil disobedience
01
the deliberate and nonviolent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of a government or authority, typically as a form of protest
Examples
Mahatma Gandhi employed civil disobedience as a strategy to challenge British colonial rule in India.
The civil rights movement in the United States used civil disobedience to resist racial segregation laws.
