Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

direct action

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: di-rec-t ac-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of political activism in which participants act illegally, ignoring established democratic procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.

Uncountable

noun

Small-scale raids, ambushes, sabotage, etc. carried out by the military.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Or there are those who believe that in general the wisest way for people to get what they want is by the indirect method of voting into power some one who will make what they want legal; yet who all the same will occasionally under exceptional conditions advise a strike; and a strike, as I have said, is direct action."
"It should be easy enough to see why anarchists have always been drawn to direct action."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

direct actions (plural)

Phrases

direct actioner direct actionist direct activist

Frequently Paired Words

direct actionist direct activist

Questions

What does direct action mean?: A form of political activism in which participants act illegally, ignoring established democratic procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.

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