Sat|ya|gra|ha

Sat|ya|gra|ha
Sat|ya|gra|ha «SUHT yuh GRUH huh», noun.
a policy of passive resistance and withdrawal of cooperation with the state, begun by Gandhi and his followers in India 1919 as a protest against certain abuses: »

... as Gandhi conceived it—not only as a technique but as a soul force, Satyagraha (Atlantic).

[< Sanskrit satyāgraha justified obstinacy < satya truth + ā-graha a hanging on < grah to grasp]

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