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English noun: direct action

1. direct action (act) a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands


Broader (hypernym)dissent, objection, protest


Narrower (hyponym)civil disobedience, job action, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance, recusancy









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