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Recent Examples of nonviolence
Proud to see so many voices united for nonviolence, civic action, and the power of the people to shape our future.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
These demonstrations also stress a commitment to nonviolence.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
These demonstrations also stress a commitment to nonviolence.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Both led their people through seemingly impossible conflicts with grace and the ethos of nonviolence.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
These demonstrations also stress a commitment to nonviolence.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
These demonstrations also stress a commitment to nonviolence.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Both led their people through seemingly impossible conflicts with grace and the ethos of nonviolence.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviolence
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Soon thereafter, Lucy and the Ghoul set out further into the wasteland, filling the air with their familiar moral debate, the latter frustrated by the former’s commitment to pacifism in a brutal world.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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Scarred by their country's Nazi past, Germans embraced pacifism after the Cold War.—
Marc Lieberman,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
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Gordonstoun’s combination of pacificism and physical discipline would help define him for the rest of his life.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2021
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Its agenda: justice and charity, pacificism and spreading the wealth.—
SAM ROBERTS,
New York Times,
8 July 2016
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“Nonviolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolence. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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