Passive Resistance
Key Facts
Abbreviation
PR
Pronunciation
/ˈpæsɪv rɪˈzɪstəns/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology
Examples in Context
- They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
- Most of those who did not move offered only passive resistance, but some fighting broke out.
- Responding to police action with passive resistance methods-lying down or standing in the middle of the road.
- Gandhi taught the world passive resistance.
- Unacceptable deformations may occur before passive resistance is mobilized.
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