nonviolence
nonviolence noun: a philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
Noun
nonviolence (usually uncountable, plural nonviolences)
- 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
nonviolence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
nonviolence in Hindi
- philosophy that rejects violence
- अहिंसा ahinsā
nonviolence in Tamil
- அகிம்சை, இன்னாசெய்யாமை, வன்முறையின்மை, கவர்வு
nonviolence in Urdu
- nonviolence
- اہنسا ahinsā
nonviolence in Bengali
- nonviolence
- অহিংসা ohiṅśa
More languagesFewer languages
- nonviolence in Telugu
- అహింస ahiṁsa
- nonviolence in Malayalam
- അഹിംസ ahiṁsa
- nonviolence in Gujarati
- અહિંસા ahinsā
- nonviolence in Sanskrit
- अष्ट्रा aṣṭrā
- nonviolence in Arabic
- لاعنف
- nonviolence in Persian
- پرهیز از خشونت
- nonviolence in Vietnamese
- bất bạo động
Forms of nonviolence
| plural | nonviolences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | non-violence |
Origin of nonviolence
From non- + violence.
Questions about nonviolence
- What does nonviolence mean?
- Nonviolence means a philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
- What is nonviolence in Hindi?
- Nonviolence in Hindi is अहिंसा (ahinsā). See Nonviolence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nonviolence?
- Nonviolence is a noun.
- What is the plural of nonviolence?
- The plural of nonviolence is nonviolences.
Words near nonviolence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonviolence (page history and authors); nonviolence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اہنسا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অহিংসা (Bengali) (page history and authors); అహింస (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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