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civilly disobedient

civilly disobedient adjective: participating in civil disobedience; (of an act) constituting civil disobedience.

Adjective

civilly disobedient (comparative more civilly disobedient, superlative most civilly disobedient)

  1. participating in civil disobedience; (of an act) constituting civil disobedience.
    • I recently read "Civil Disobedience Against AIDS Bigotry" by Eric Rofes, which I believe was carried in a June issue of GCN. Writing from the twin vantage points of my work within the womyn's/lesbian community and the civilly disobedient peace community, I wish to share the following thoughts.1987 December 6, Dale Ashera-Davis, “Just As Our Daily Lives Are Invisible...”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 21, page 4

Forms of civilly disobedient

comparativemore civilly disobedient
superlativemost civilly disobedient

Questions about civilly disobedient

What does civilly disobedient mean?
Civilly disobedient means participating in civil disobedience; (of an act) constituting civil disobedience.
What part of speech is civilly disobedient?
Civilly disobedient is an adjective.

Words near civilly disobedient in the dictionary

  1. civillest
  2. civillian
  3. civillity
  4. civilly
  5. civilly dead
  6. civilly disobedient
  7. civilness
  8. civilogue
  9. civilogues
  10. civils
  11. civionics

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