Dictionary

nonviolence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Latin violēns /violentus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin violentiabor. Old French violencebor. Middle English violence English violence English nonviolence From non- + violence.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
   • From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences. 2014, Jamie Pitts, Principalities and Powers:

Forms

Translations (34)

ru отка́з от примене́ния наси́льственных мето́дов (philosophy that rejects violence) · hi अहिंसा (philosophy that rejects violence) · fr non-violence (philosophy that rejects violence) · ru ненаси́лие (philosophy that rejects violence) · sv icke-våld (philosophy that rejects violence) · de Gewaltlosigkeit (philosophy that rejects violence) · cmn 非暴力 (philosophy that rejects violence) · fr non resistance (philosophy that rejects violence) · sa अष्ट्रा (philosophy that rejects violence) · fa پرهیز از خشونت (philosophy that rejects violence) · ja 非暴力 (philosophy that rejects violence) · es abstención de la violencia (philosophy that rejects violence) · fr non-résistance (philosophy that rejects violence) · kk бейзорлық (philosophy that rejects violence) · cs nenásilí (philosophy that rejects violence) · de Gewaltfreiheit (philosophy that rejects violence) · gu અહિંસા (philosophy that rejects violence) · nl geweldloosheid (philosophy that rejects violence) · it nonviolenza (philosophy that rejects violence) · uk ненасильство (philosophy that rejects violence) · ml അഹിംസ (philosophy that rejects violence) · fi väkivallattomuus (philosophy that rejects violence) · pt não-violência (philosophy that rejects violence) · sh nenasilje (philosophy that rejects violence) · gl non violencia (philosophy that rejects violence) · ca no-violència (philosophy that rejects violence) · eo neperforto (philosophy that rejects violence) · ar لاعنف (philosophy that rejects violence) · la non violentia (philosophy that rejects violence) · ko 비폭력 (philosophy that rejects violence) · mk ненасилство (philosophy that rejects violence) · vi bất bạo động (philosophy that rejects violence) · hu erőszakmentesség (philosophy that rejects violence) · la inviolentia (philosophy that rejects violence)