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PASSIVE RESISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does passive resister mean?
• PASSIVE RESISTER (noun)
The noun PASSIVE RESISTER has 1 sense:
1. a reformer who believes in passive resistance
Familiarity information: PASSIVE RESISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reformer who believes in passive resistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
non-resistant; passive resister
Hypernyms ("passive resister" is a kind of...):
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
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