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NONRESISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonresistance mean?
• NONRESISTANCE (noun)
The noun NONRESISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
Familiarity information: NONRESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nonresistance" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Derivation:
nonresistant (not resistant)
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