die-in
die-in noun: a form of protest where a group of people in a public area lie on the ground to simulate being dead.
Noun
die-in (plural die-ins)
- A form of protest where a group of people in a public area lie on the ground to simulate being dead.
- By reclaiming the streets through such actions as spontaneous (unpermitted) marches, critical mass bicycle convergences, or staged theatrics (such as the die-ins protesting the Iraq war), activists literally and rhetorically transform corporate space into public, autonomous zones.2010, Christina R. Foust, Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in and Era of Corporate Globalization
- The current die-ins are part of a movement to end police brutality against and the mass incarceration of black and brown people, and have drawn allies from different races, generations and faiths. When non-black participants join black people in die-ins, they affirm the need for institutional...2014 December 19, Paul M Farber, “Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next”, in The Guardian Online
- Synonyms:
- lie-in
Synonyms of die-in
Forms of die-in
| plural | die-ins |
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Origin of die-in
From die + -in; modelled on lie-in and sit-in.
Words that rhyme with die-in
Questions about die-in
- What does die-in mean?
- Die-in means a form of protest where a group of people in a public area lie on the ground to simulate being dead.
- What part of speech is die-in?
- Die-in is a noun.
- What is the plural of die-in?
- The plural of die-in is die-ins.
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