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sit-in

/ˈsɪt.ɪn/

Translations

sit-innoun

sit-ins

/ˈsɪt.ɪn/

sit-inAnglicisme courant pour une forme de protestation par occupation des lieux.

The students organized a sit-in at the university administration building to demand changes in the curriculum.

Les étudiants ont organisé un sit-in dans le bâtiment administratif de l’université pour demander des changements dans le programme.

sit-inAnglicisme courant, notamment pour une manifestation de contestation passive.

During the civil rights movement, sit-ins were a common tactic used to challenge segregation laws.

Pendant le mouvement des droits civiques, les sit-ins étaient une tactique courante pour contester les lois de ségrégation.

Additional translations

manifestation assiseTraduction explicative, plus rare que l’anglicisme sit-in.

Synonyms

sit-inadjective

/ˈsɪt ɪn/

Used attributively before a noun to denote something connected with, or characteristic of, a sit-in protest.

de sit-inSe dit d’une action ou de personnes participant à un sit-in.

Sit-in demonstrators occupied the lobby for four hours.

Les manifestants de sit-in ont occupé le hall pendant quatre heures.

Synonyms

Definitions

sit-innoun

A form of protest in which participants occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.

The students organized a sit-in at the university administration building to demand changes in the curriculum.

An organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.

During the civil rights movement, sit-ins were a common tactic used to challenge segregation laws.

sit-inadjective

Relating to or involving a sit-in protest.

Sit-in demonstrators occupied the lobby for four hours.