Definition of "noncooperation" []

• Failure or refusal to cooperate, especially nonviolent civil disobedience against a government or an occupying power. (noun)

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• "Whatever else, significant social change requires, as Gandhi put it, "noncooperation" with the status quo and a "matching of forces" with those who would maintain it."
• "A growing number of Tibetans believe a less conciliatory position would improve their negotiating power; some advocate full independence or orchestrated campaigns of nonviolent "noncooperation" inside Tibet."
• "However, he says, "noncooperation" by unionized actors is appropriate when nonunion actors are used without permission."