Meaning

1 senses
  1. A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.

    Sitzblockade

    сидя́чая забасто́вкаsidjáčaja zabastóvka, забасто́вка по-италья́нскиzabastóvka po-italʹjánski

    a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

Translations

6 languages
Русский
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Origin

A deverbal from sit in. By surface analysis, sit + -in (protest).

A deverbal from sit in. By surface analysis, sit + -in (protest).

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Forms

plural: sit-ins
Singularsit-in
Pluralsit-ins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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