direct action
noun
any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
direct actionist
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a word derived from
direct action.
Example Sentences
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The scorners came in together—Moe Tchatzsky, the syndicalist and direct actionist, and Jane Schott, the writer of impressionistic prose—and they sat silently sneering on a couch.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis
