die-inn.
/ˈdʌɪɪn/ A political demonstration in which people play dead, esp. in order to protest about the development or use of nuclear and other fatal weapons.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest
counterprotest1595
student demonstration1856
lie-in1867
rent strike1881
hunger strike1889
march1908
protest march1914
occupation1920
lie-down1936
sit-down1936
sit-in1936
freedom march1947
vigil1956
freedom walk1957
swim-in1960
freedom ride1961
sitting in1961
sleep-out1961
fish-in1964
live-in1964
stall-in1964
sleep-in1965
Long March1967
love-in1967
talk-in1967
write-in1967
die-in1970
dirty protest1979
blanket protest1982
1970 Time 8 June 53/1 A petition to stop the shipment [of nerve gas] collected 200,000 signatures; various groups staged ‘die-ins’ to simulate the effects of the gas.
1978 Peace News 1 Dec. 5/2 They (Le Monde à Bicyclette) recently held a series of ‘die-ins’ at which cyclists blocked traffic during rush-hour.
1983 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 32/6 In Norwich police arrested five demonstrators who staged a ‘die-in’ in a centre street.
2009 K. Timmerman Where am I Wearing? iii. 18 Their strategies, other than the die-ins in April in Minnesota, seem quite reasonable.
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