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passive resistance


passive resistance

noun

Definition of PASSIVE RESISTANCE

: resistance especially to a government or an occupying power characterized mainly by noncooperation
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First Known Use of PASSIVE RESISTANCE

1819

Rhymes with PASSIVE RESISTANCE

aesthetic distance, public assistance

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