English-Danish translations for civil disobedience

• civil ulydighed
  Det eneste, der er tilbage, er at ty til civil ulydighed, og civil ulydighed kan hurtigt føre til civile uroligheder. All they are left with is to resort to civil disobedience, and civil disobedience can quickly break down into civil disorder.
  Mine damer og herrer! Uden civil ulydighed og uden den civile ulydigheds kultur ville der aldrig være blevet dannet miljøbevægelser i Europa. Ladies and gentlemen, without civil disobedience, without the culture of civil disobedience, the environmental protection movement would never have occurred in Europe.
  Også hr. Pannella er blevet idømt fire måneders fængsel - der blev ændret til otte måneders surrogatfængsling - på grund af civil ulydighed i forbindelse med narkotika. Mr Pannella too has been given a four-month jail sentence, commuted to eight months of conditional release, for civil disobedience with regard to drugs.

Definition of civil disobedience

• A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental

Related words

• civil
• civilian
• uncivil
• civilization
• civilized
• civilize
• civilise
• civilisation
• civilised
• civilising