Definition of: Satyagraha

(sut′yə·gru′hə) noun
1. A movement characterized by non–violent resistance and non–cooperation, adopted in India, 1919, by the followers of M. K. Gandhi in protest against certain civil and religious abuses.
2. The non–violent force characterizing this movement, defined as an active love for one's opponents and a radical insistence on truth. [<Hind., truth–force, lit., a grasping for truth <Skt. satya truth + graha a grasping]