civil disobedience

civil disobedience

English

Noun

civil disobedience (uncountable)

1. A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 146:

     We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked in earnest on preparations for mass action.

Translations

active and non-violent refusal to obey

Arabic: عِصْيان مَدَنيّ‎ Catalan: desobediència civil f Chinese: Mandarin: 公民不服從／公民不服从 (gōngmín bùfúcóng) Czech: občanská neposlušnost f Danish: civil ulydighed c Dutch: burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid f Finnish: kansalaistottelemattomuus (fi) French: désobéissance civile (fr) f Georgian: სამოქალაქო დაუმორჩილებლობა (samokalako daumorčilebloba) German: ziviler Ungehorsam (de) m Greek: πολιτική ανυπακοή f (politikí anypakoḯ) Hungarian: polgári engedetlenség Icelandic: borgaraleg óhlýðni f Irish: easumhlaíocht shibhialta f Italian: disobbedienza civile f Japanese: 市民的不服従 (しみんてきふふくじゅう, shiminteki fufukujū) Korean: 시민 불복종 (simin bulbokjong) Malayalam: സിവിൽ നിയമലംഘനം (sivil niyamalaṅghanaṃ) Norwegian: sivil ulydighet Polish: obywatelskie nieposłuszeństwo n Portuguese: desobediência civil f Russian: гражда́нское неповинове́ние n (graždánskoje nepovinovénije) Scottish Gaelic: eas-umhlachd chatharra f Spanish: desobediencia civil f Swedish: civil olydnad c Thai: อารยะขัดขืน (aa-rá-yá-kàt-kʉ̌ʉn), การขัดขืนอย่างสงบ, การดื้อแพ่ง Ukrainian: громадя́нська непоко́ра f (hromadjánsʹka nepokóra)

See also

• treason

Further reading

• civil disobedience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia