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  Satyagraha

  noun

  (in India) the policy of passive resistance inaugurated by Mohandas Gandhi in 1919 as a method of gaining political and social reforms.
• satyagraha
  satyagraha

  noun

  the policy of nonviolent resistance adopted by Mahatma Gandhi from about 1919 to oppose British rule in India

Satyagraha

American  

[suht-yuh-gruh-huh, suht-yah-gruh-] / ˈsʌt jəˌgrʌ hə, sətˈjɑ grə- /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. (in India) the policy of passive resistance inaugurated by Mohandas Gandhi in 1919 as a method of gaining political and social reforms.

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satyagraha British  

/ ˈsɔːtjɑːɡrɔːhɑː /

noun

1. the policy of nonviolent resistance adopted by Mahatma Gandhi from about 1919 to oppose British rule in India

2. any movement of nonviolent resistance

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Etymology

Origin of Satyagraha

1915–20; < Hindi, equivalent to Sanskrit satya truth + āgraha strong attachment, persistence

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It was on a ministry mission to India in the ’50s that Lawson learned about Satyagraha, the method of resistance through nonviolence, developed by Mahatma Gandhi.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2020

Satyagraha, literally translated as “holding fast to truth,” obliged protesters to “always keep an open mind and be ever ready to find that what we believed to be truth was, after all, untruth.”

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018

When all the elements and the singers are balanced, like in the superb Carsen Onegin, or the recent Satyagraha, we are in for true magic.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

Opera in 2013, and "Satyagraha," loosely based on the life of Mohandas Gandhi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2016

His work done, Gandhi returned to India, where Satyagraha became the most effective weapon in the fight for Indian independence.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Sakshi Malik has not hesitated to compare their marches with those of Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent anti-colonialism, labeling their struggle as a form of satyagraha.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2023

The march ignited a major campaign of civil disobedience, and focused international attention on Gandhi and his advocacy of satyagraha, or nonviolent resistance.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

Gandhi calls his particular doctrine satyagraha, or embodying or holding to the truth.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

Activists fighting for the environment, for refugees’ and immigrants’ rights, and against racial discrimination and violence continue to be inspired by satyagraha, Gandhi’s neologism meaning nonviolent direct action.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018

When the party voted to approve the "Quit India" resolution, demanding immediate independence and launching a satyagraha civil-disobedience campaign in support of that goal, the British responded by going after Gandhi.

From Time ● Aug. 9, 2017