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indian | satyagraha |

As nouns the difference between indian and satyagraha

is that indian is indian, american indian (a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the americas) while satyagraha is the policy of nonviolent resistance as used by during the struggle for indian independence.

indian

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
  • (obsolete) Eastern; Oriental.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , volume 10:
    • The morrow next apprear'd with purple hayre / Yet dropping fresh out of the Indian fount, / And bringing light into the heavens fayre .
  • (dated) Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
  • (North America) Of foods: made with Indian corn or maize.
    • Indian''' bread; '''Indian meal
  • (chess) Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or or relating to India or its people) (l), (l) * (of or related to indigenous peoples of the Americas) (l), (l), (l) (chiefly Canadian), (l)

    Derived terms

    * Amerindian (American Indian) * Hindian (Asian Indian) * Indian clover * Indian elephant * Indian file * Indian giving * Indian Ocean * Indian red * Indian sign * Indian style * Indian sunburn * Indian tea * too many chiefs and not enough Indians *

    Related terms

    * Indo-

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from India.
  • A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
  • *
  • (UK, colloquial) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant.
    • We're going out tonight for an Indian .

    Synonyms

    * (person from India) Asian Indian * (indigenous person of the Americas) Amerindian, Native American, Red Indian * (indigenous person of the Americas) Native Canadian, First Nations person * See also

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (nonstandard) Any language spoken by Indians.

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    satyagraha

    English

    (wikipedia satyagraha)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The policy of nonviolent resistance as used by during the struggle for Indian independence.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 146:
  • *:We also discussed whether the campaign should follow the Gandhian principles of non-violence or what the Mahatma called satyagraha , a non-violence that seeks to conquer through conversion.