Nonviolence

Japanese: 非暴力 - ひぼうりょく
Nonviolence
〘 noun 〙 The use of methods such as sit-ins, strikes, and boycotts without using violence to appeal or assert something. Examples of this are the movements of Gandhi in India and Martin Luther King in the United States. ※The Navel of the Japanese (1969) by Hisashi Inoue, Act 1: "The only way to fight violence is nonviolence."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 物事を訴えたり主張したりする際に暴力を用いないで、座り込みやストライキ、ボイコットなどの手段を用いること。インドのガンジー、アメリカのキング牧師の運動が知られる。※日本人のへそ(1969)〈井上ひさし〉一幕「暴力と闘うには非暴力にかぎるのでありましてェー」

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