Definition of passive resistance in English:
Nonviolent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements: they called for protest in the form of passive resistance
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- Hostility toward the dominant group may take many forms, ranging form non-violent passive resistance to apolitical crime and politically inspired guerrilla warfare.
- During the struggle for independence, he realised the significance of women in the non-violent and passive resistance movement against the British rule.
- I doubt if the media will mention September 11 1906, when Mahatma Gandhi initiated non-violent, passive resistance as a means of social reform.
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