Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Failure or refusal to cooperate, especially nonviolent civil disobedience against a government or an occupying power.
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- noun The active absence of
cooperation
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Examples
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Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it.
Brendan Smith: Is Social Networking Useless for Social Change?
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Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it.
Brendan Smith: Is Social Networking Useless for Social Change?
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Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it.
Brendan Smith: Is Social Networking Useless for Social Change?
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Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it.
Brendan Smith: Is Social Networking Useless for Social Change?
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A growing number of Tibetans believe a less conciliatory position would improve their negotiating power; some advocate full independence or orchestrated campaigns of nonviolent "noncooperation" inside Tibet.
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However, he says, "noncooperation" by unionized actors is appropriate when nonunion actors are used without permission.
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Liechtenstein was one of 15 countries blacklisted in 2000 by the Group of Seven industrialized nations for "noncooperation" in the prevention of money laundering.
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Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it.
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We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws because noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
Eric Simpson: The Call to Love Our Enemies (Including Terrorists)
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We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws because noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
Eric Simpson: The Call to Love Our Enemies (Including Terrorists)
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