असहयोग (asahyog)
noun
A formal noun meaning 'non-cooperation' -- built from अ- (a-, 'not') + सहयोग (sahyog, 'cooperation'). Best known to learners through its history-textbook fame as the Non-Cooperation Movement, but it is also used in plain modern speech about refusing to cooperate.
Sense
1
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non-cooperation, refusal to cooperate
noun, masculine
Synonyms: विरोध (virodh, opposition/resistance, broader meaning)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Every Indian student meets this word first in history class as part of असहयोग आंदोलन (asahyog aandolan, 'Non-Cooperation Movement'), Gandhi's 1920-22 campaign of civil resistance. Because of that association, the word carries a slightly formal, almost civic-institutional flavor even outside the historical context -- you will hear it in news reports about unions or officials 'not cooperating,' but rarely in casual chat about friends or family.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use असहयोग (asahyog) loosely for any 'disagreement,' but it specifically means withholding cooperation or refusing to participate/help, not just disagreeing in opinion. 2) It is a fairly formal/written-register noun -- in casual speech, Hindi speakers are more likely to say साथ नहीं देना (saath nahiin denaa, 'to not support/cooperate') than to reach for असहयोग (asahyog).
Sample Sentences:
1920 में गांधीजी ने असहयोग आंदोलन शुरू किया था।
In 1920, Gandhiji started the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(1920 men gaandhiijii ne asahyog aandolan shuroo kiyaa thaa।)
स्कूल में हमने असहयोग आंदोलन के बारे में पूरा एक अध्याय पढ़ा था।
In school, we read a whole chapter about the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(skool men hamne asahyog aandolan ke baare men pooraa ek adhyaay padhaa thaa।)
प्रशासन के साथ कर्मचारियों का असहयोग लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है।
The employees' non-cooperation with the administration keeps increasing.
(prashaasan ke saath karmchaariyon kaa asahyog lagaataar badhtaa jaa rahaa hai।)
जांच समिति ने अधिकारियों पर असहयोग का आरोप लगाया।
The inquiry committee accused the officials of non-cooperation.
(jaanch samiti ne adhikaariyon par asahyog kaa aarop lagaayaa।)
अगर स्थानीय प्रशासन ऐसा ही असहयोग दिखाता रहा, तो योजना कभी पूरी नहीं होगी।
If the local administration keeps showing this kind of non-cooperation, the project will never be completed.
(agar sthaaniiy prashaasan aisaa hii asahyog dikhaataa rahaa, to yojnaa kabhii poorii nahiin hogii।)
यूनियन ने कंपनी के नए नियमों के खिलाफ असहयोग की नीति अपनाई है।
The union has adopted a policy of non-cooperation against the company's new rules.
(yooniyan ne kampnii ke nae niymon ke khilaaph asahyog kii niiti apnaaii hai।)
यदि उस समय जनता का इतना असहयोग न होता, तो अंग्रेज़ों को झुकने में इतना समय न लगता।
If the people's non-cooperation hadn't been so widespread at that time, it wouldn't have taken the British so long to relent.
(yadi us samay jantaa kaa itnaa asahyog n hotaa, to angrezon ko jhukne men itnaa samay n lagtaa।)
जांच में असहयोग किया जाना गंभीर अपराध माना जाता है।
Non-cooperation in an investigation is considered a serious offense.
(jaanch men asahyog kiyaa jaanaa gambhiir apraadh maanaa jaataa hai।)
नगर निगम के अधिकारियों का असहयोग देखकर लोग हैरान रह गए।
Seeing the non-cooperation of the municipal officials, people were left stunned.
(nagar nigam ke adhikaariyon kaa asahyog dekhkar log hairaan rah gae।)
कृपया इस मामले में असहयोग न दिखाएं, वरना पूरी परियोजना अटक जाएगी।
Please do not show non-cooperation in this matter, or the entire project will get stuck.
(kripyaa is maamle men asahyog n dikhaaen, varnaa poorii pariyojnaa atak jaaegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
असहयोग
(asahyog)
(sg.m.oblique):
असहयोग
(asahyog)
(pl.m.direct):
असहयोग
(asahyog)
(pl.m.oblique):
असहयोगों
(asahyogon)