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Definition of 'direct action'

direct action

uncountable noun

Direct action involves doing something such as going on strike or demonstrating in order to put pressure on an employer or government to do what you want, instead of trying to talk to them.

Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change.

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direct action in British

noun

action such as strikes or civil disobedience, employed by organized labour or other groups to obtain demands from an employer, government, etc

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direct action in American

action aimed directly at achieving an objective; esp., the use of strikes, demonstrations, civil disobedience, etc. in disputes or struggles for rights

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Direct action, civil disobedience - all of these things are in the melting pot at the moment. Times, Sunday Times (2011)

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