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Passive resister

noun
1.
A reformer who believes in passive resistance.  Synonym: non-resistant.






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"Passive resister" Quotes from Famous Books



... Charles, while on this topic of oratory, went on to quote with much hilarity a speech by Lord —— in the Lords: "This Liberal Government injures friends no less than enemies. Look at me! I am a passive resister; I belong to the National Liberal Club; I have married my deceased wife's sister; and none of my children are vaccinated; yet they are meddling with my rights as a landlord." The Lords did not see the fun, the papers did not report it, but it is ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2 • Stephen Gwynn



Words linked to "Passive resister" :   reformer, reformist, social reformer, crusader, meliorist



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