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nonviolences

nonviolences is the plural of nonviolence.

Meaning of nonviolence

Noun

nonviolence (usually uncountable, plural nonviolences)

  1. (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

Questions about nonviolences

What is nonviolences the plural of?
Nonviolences is the plural of nonviolence.

Words near nonviolences in the dictionary

  1. nonviolated
  2. nonviolation
  3. nonviolations
  4. nonviolative
  5. nonviolence
  6. nonviolences
  7. nonviolent
  8. nonviolently
  9. nonviolet
  10. nonviral
  11. nonvirally

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