sit-in
English

Etymology
Deverbal from sit in.
Noun
- A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.
- 2018 August 10, “Chinese Hui Muslims protest mosque demolition in Weizhou”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 August 2018, Asia:
- Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia.
Related terms
Translations
type of protest
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French
Further reading
- “sit-in”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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