English-Swedish translations for civil disobedience

• civil olydnad en
  Deras enda utväg blir civil olydnad, och civil olydnad kan snabbt övergå till civilt kaos.All they are left with is to resort to civil disobedience, and civil disobedience can quickly break down into civil disorder.
  Mina damer och herrar! Utan civil olydnad, utan den civila olydnaden kultur skulle det aldrig vuxit fram några miljörörelser i Europa.Ladies and gentlemen, without civil disobedience, without the culture of civil disobedience, the environmental protection movement would never have occurred in Europe.
  Även Pannella har dömts till fyra månaders fängelse för civil olydnad i samband med droger, ett straff som omvandlades till åtta månaders övervakning.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