opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of noncooperation and other nonviolent methods, as economic boycotts and protest marches.
resistance to a government, law, etc, made without violence, as by fasting, demonstrating peacefully, or refusing to cooperate
A technique of demonstrating opposition to a government’s activities simply by not cooperating with them. It is particularly associated with Mahatma Gandhi, who opposed violent revolution in his own country’s fight for independence. (Compare civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance.)
noun 1. a safety device, as an air bag or special seat belt, that is activated automatically to protect an automobile passenger at the moment of impact when a collision occurs.
- Passive safety
noun 1. the practice of taking measures to reduce the consequences of accidents, as opposed to attempting to avoid them altogether Compare active safety
noun 1. the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area. noun 1. the inhalation of smoke from other people’s cigarettes by a nonsmoker noun involuntary inhaling of smoke created by others
noun 1. Immunology. injection of lymphocytes or antibody from an immune or sensitized donor to a nonimmune host in order to impart immunity or test for allergic reactions. passive transfer n. The transfer of skin-sensitizing antibodies from the blood of an allergic individual to that of a nonallergic individual in order to test for an […]