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nonviolent

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  1. alternative Alternative form of non-violent When Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 – 50 years ago on Saturday – I was an activist in the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King, a man of peace who led the nonviolent protests that brought down segregation in America, and ushered in the civil rights and voting rights acts.

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Closest in meaning: unbloody, passive, peaceful, bloodless, non-violent, non-violence, calm, pacifist, pacific, gentle, nonbelligerent, conciliatory, nonconfrontational, civil, peaceable, nonmilitant

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@misc{nonviolent_2026,
  title = {nonviolent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonviolent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}