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Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.
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(US politics) To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
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(historical) The protest activities of the Blanketeers.
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A company or organization that is subjected to a boycott.
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A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.
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(obsolete) government by violence; lynch law; anarchy
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(obsolete) controverter, one who controverts
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An assassin who carries out counterassassination.
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A person who works behind the counter in a shop or bank, etc.
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A protester who takes part in a counterpicket.
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Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
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A participant in a demonstration.
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One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.
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A form of political activism in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.
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A person who participates in direct action.
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(Internet) A vote against something that reduces a cumulative tally of popularity.
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A protest launched through diplomatic measures.
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(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
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A protester; someone participating in a protest.
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A person whom somebody else objects to.
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A person who objects to something.
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Synonym of OWS (“"Occupy Wall Street" protest movement”)
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(Scotland, obsolete) One who persistently opposes something.
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(business) To cast more votes than allowed under the rules
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(patent law, informal, derogatory) The practice of owning and enforcing patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of marketing or promoting the subjects of the patents
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A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
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Someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
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(economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
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A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
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(chiefly law) One who protests; a protester.
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Alternative letter-case form of Provo (“member of Dutch counterculture movement”) [(informal) A member of the Provisional IRA.]
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A peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.
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A worker or protester who participates in a sit-down.
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A participant in any of the mass social movements of 1968.
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A vote for a candidate other than one's first choice, for strategic reasons, in an attempt to prevent an undesirable outcome.
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(patent law, derogatory) An entity that attempts to register a trademark without intending to use it and who then threatens to sue others who use that mark.
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A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive.
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The increase in the stocks of weapons of mass destruction of states that already had them.
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A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison.
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A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
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A militant open-air demonstration in the form of a defended squat.
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