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Satyagraha vs Nonkilling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between satyagraha and nonkilling

is that satyagraha is the policy of nonviolent resistance as used by Mahatma Gandhi during the struggle for Indian independence while nonkilling is a precept or worldview that affirms the possibility of a society where killing is absent.

As an adjective nonkilling is

not engaging in killing.

satyagraha

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(wikipedia satyagraha)

Noun

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  • 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.

    • nonkilling

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    Alternative forms

    * non-killing

    Adjective

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  • Not engaging in killing.
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  • A precept or worldview that affirms the possibility of a society where killing is absent.
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  • Lack of killing; permitting to live.
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  • (countable) An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).
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    • See also

    * ahimsa * nonlethal * nonviolence * satyagraha

    References

    (wikipedia nonkilling) (wikiversity) * "Nonkilling: A New Paradigm" International Encyclopedia of Peace. Oxford University Press, New York (2009) * "Nonkilling Political Science" Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, San Diego (2008) * "Nonkilling Global Society" Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). EOLSS Publishers, Oxford (2004) * Glenn D. Paige, Nonkilling Global Political Science , 1st ed. (2002); 3rd ed. (2009)