nonviolence movement
E103675
The nonviolence movement is a social and political campaign strategy that seeks to achieve change through peaceful protest, civil disobedience, and noncooperation rather than physical force or violence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nonviolence movement canonical | 2 |
| World Peace Movement | 1 |
| anti–Vietnam War movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T883225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nonviolence movement Context triple: [Bayard Rustin, movement, nonviolence movement]
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A.
Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
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B.
Christian pacifism
Christian pacifism is a theological and ethical stance within Christianity that interprets Jesus’ teachings as a call to reject violence and warfare in favor of nonviolent love, peace, and enemy-love.
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Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
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Civil Disobedience
"Civil Disobedience" is an influential 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should nonviolently resist unjust government laws and actions based on moral conscience.
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Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
The Freedom and People’s Rights Movement was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social campaign that pushed for constitutional government, civil liberties, and popular representation during the Meiji period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nonviolence movement Target entity description: The nonviolence movement is a social and political campaign strategy that seeks to achieve change through peaceful protest, civil disobedience, and noncooperation rather than physical force or violence.
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A.
Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
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B.
Christian pacifism
Christian pacifism is a theological and ethical stance within Christianity that interprets Jesus’ teachings as a call to reject violence and warfare in favor of nonviolent love, peace, and enemy-love.
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C.
Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
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D.
Civil Disobedience
"Civil Disobedience" is an influential 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should nonviolently resist unjust government laws and actions based on moral conscience.
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E.
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
The Freedom and People’s Rights Movement was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social campaign that pushed for constitutional government, civil liberties, and popular representation during the Meiji period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political movement
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protest movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
achieve political change
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achieve social change ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
ahimsa
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civil resistance ⓘ direct action ⓘ pacifism ⓘ satyagraha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cesar Chavez
ⓘ
linked to:
César Chávez
Desmond Tutu ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
guerrilla warfare
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terrorism ⓘ violent insurgency ⓘ |
| field |
peace and conflict studies
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political science ⓘ sociology of social movements ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian independence movement
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anti-apartheid movement in South Africa ⓘ
linked to:
anti-apartheid movement
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ nuclear disarmament movement ⓘ peace movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhism
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Christian nonviolence ⓘ Henry David Thoreau ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ religious pacifism ⓘ |
| rejects |
armed struggle
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physical violence ⓘ |
| seeks |
broad public support
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moral legitimacy ⓘ policy reform ⓘ regime change without violence ⓘ |
| tacticsInclude |
boycott
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march ⓘ sit-in ⓘ strike ⓘ symbolic protest ⓘ vigil ⓘ |
| usesStrategy |
civil disobedience
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noncooperation ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ peaceful protest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: nonviolence movement Description of subject: The nonviolence movement is a social and political campaign strategy that seeks to achieve change through peaceful protest, civil disobedience, and noncooperation rather than physical force or violence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: nonviolence movement
linked to: nonviolence movement