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protest

A public act of objection, disapproval or dissent against political advantage

Also known as dissent · protests · dissents · protest movements · protest movement

Instance of: form of event
Subclass of: event
, activity
, conflict
+2 more
Part of: protest movement

Overview

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A protest is a public act of objection, disapproval or dissent against political advantage. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass political demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. When protests are part of a systematic and peaceful nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as civil resistance or nonviolent resistance.

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50 statements · 16% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Practiced by: street protester
Members / parts: protest demonstration
demonstration nature of statement: often
Hashtag: duranadam
Said to be the same as: demonstration

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31 identifiers linking protest across the web's reference databases

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statements

16%

externally sourced

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AIDB. (2026). protest (Q273120). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/protest-Q273120