nonresistance
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rɪˈzɪs noun
the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
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nonresistant (ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible |
| 2. | history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust |
| nonre'sistance | |
| —n | |
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Nonresistance
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Nonresistance never appealed to me except in the evildoer who has been knocked down for cause.
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