SIT-IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sit-in mean? 

• SIT-IN (noun)
  The noun SIT-IN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SIT-IN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIT-IN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sit-in" is a kind of...):

civil disobedience (a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination))

Derivation:

sit in (participate in an act of civil disobedience)