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Gandhiism

American  
[gahn-dee-iz-uhm, gan-] / ˈgɑn diˌɪz əm, ˈgæn- /
Also Gandhism

noun

  1. the principles associated with Mohandas Gandhi, especially his principles of noncooperation and passive resistance in gaining political and social reforms.


Gandhiism British  
/ ˈɡænˌdɪzəm, ˈɡændɪˌɪzəm /

noun

  1. the political principles of Mahatma Gandhi, esp civil disobedience and passive resistance as means of achieving reform

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Origin of Gandhiism

First recorded in 1920–25; Gandhi + -ism

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Schell invokes love and Mahatma Gandhi, appealing for a kind of international Gandhiism to replace the system of nuclear-armed nation-states we now have.

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