Gandhian
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gandhian
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Sriramulu, a quiet Gandhian who had already undertaken several fasts for social causes, believed only self-sacrifice could force Delhi to listen.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
As the planning historian Thomas Campanella wrote in 2011, “The literature on grassroots planning tends to assume a citizenry of Gandhian humanists. In fact, most people are not motivated by altruism but by self-interest.”
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024
In 1953, Lawson joined a Methodist mission to India and devoted himself to studying Gandhian nonviolence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024
Ricks emphasizes the tactical value that the movement derived from its willingness to endure the brutality its opponents inflicted without retaliating in kind; its success rested, he says, on its embrace of Gandhian resistance.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
We also discussed whether the campaign should follow Gandhian principles of nonviolence, or what the Mahatma called satyagraba, a nonviolence that seeks to conquer through conversion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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