nonviolence

Questions about nonviolence

What does nonviolence mean?

nonviolence means "peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate".

How many syllables are in nonviolence?

nonviolence has 4 syllables: non-vi-o-lence. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /nɑnˈvaɪələns/.

What is another word for nonviolence?

Close synonyms include passive resistance, nonviolent resistance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonviolence a common word?

nonviolence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nonviolence?

1 word rhymes with nonviolence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.