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Definition of pacifist in English: pacifistnoun ˈpasɪfɪstˈpæsəfəst A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. she was a committed pacifist all her life Example sentencesExamples - In ‘Work to Do’ he speaks out for the pacifists of the anti-war movement.
- The head of a major labor confederation made the same request, adding that they should all march not as pacifists but as peaceable people.
- Some opponents of this war are genuine pacifists, and I respect their position.
- In 1917, a mass movement led by socialists and pacifists called for a popular referendum on the question of going to war.
- At the other extreme were the pacifists who rejected any form of violence, even in self-defence.
Synonyms peace-lover, conscientious objector, passive resister, peacemaker, peace-monger, appeaser, pacifier informal dove, peacenik British informal conchie rare satyagrahi
adjective ˈpasɪfɪstˈpæsəfəst Holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable. Example sentencesExamples - Unless of course it gets taken over by a pacifist collective dedicated to advancing the cause of world peace.
- The women from Oslo, and from northern Europe generally, had a strong pacifist mission.
- The pacifist option was followed by only a small minority.
- If his pacifist views had been the predominant ones, at certain times, life would be very different now.
- Pacifist feminists, for example, embraced their identity as mothers to justify their refusal to support the war.
- Critics say sending the troops violates Japan's pacifist constitution.
- In the same year he defied his family's pacifist views and joined the army, arriving as a private in the trenches in 1916.
- Suddenly, bishops called upon their pacifist communities to take up swords and defend the Empire.
- That, like the pacifist option, is the path of political suicide.
- He also inherited a pacifist sensibility, which was why he refused to do National Service and worked instead as a hospital orderly for two years.
- In reality it is a pacifist position.
- This was fortunate for him since, by this time, he held firm pacifist views.
- It allowed them to demonstrate their more anti-militarist and pacifist credentials.
- Not everyone walks around looking for approval from pacifist New Zealanders.
- And not all residents of Steinbach would hold to a pacifist position.
- In the long view, I am a pacifist feminist.
- He was a pacifist activist to the end, embodying an egoless spirit all too rare among well-known activist types.
- It appears very fashionable these days to take a sort of pacifist line.
- The facts were reported in the pacifist press.
- There was a wave of protests, mainly from Christian and pacifist groups, but as the shrine was then a private institution the government could not interfere.
Definition of pacifist in US English: pacifistnounˈpasəfəstˈpæsəfəst A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. she was a committed pacifist all her life Example sentencesExamples - In 1917, a mass movement led by socialists and pacifists called for a popular referendum on the question of going to war.
- The head of a major labor confederation made the same request, adding that they should all march not as pacifists but as peaceable people.
- Some opponents of this war are genuine pacifists, and I respect their position.
- In ‘Work to Do’ he speaks out for the pacifists of the anti-war movement.
- At the other extreme were the pacifists who rejected any form of violence, even in self-defence.
Synonyms peace-lover, conscientious objector, passive resister, peacemaker, peace-monger, appeaser, pacifier
adjectiveˈpasəfəstˈpæsəfəst Holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable. Example sentencesExamples - In the same year he defied his family's pacifist views and joined the army, arriving as a private in the trenches in 1916.
- This was fortunate for him since, by this time, he held firm pacifist views.
- The facts were reported in the pacifist press.
- Critics say sending the troops violates Japan's pacifist constitution.
- There was a wave of protests, mainly from Christian and pacifist groups, but as the shrine was then a private institution the government could not interfere.
- If his pacifist views had been the predominant ones, at certain times, life would be very different now.
- In reality it is a pacifist position.
- He was a pacifist activist to the end, embodying an egoless spirit all too rare among well-known activist types.
- Not everyone walks around looking for approval from pacifist New Zealanders.
- Suddenly, bishops called upon their pacifist communities to take up swords and defend the Empire.
- In the long view, I am a pacifist feminist.
- That, like the pacifist option, is the path of political suicide.
- The women from Oslo, and from northern Europe generally, had a strong pacifist mission.
- Pacifist feminists, for example, embraced their identity as mothers to justify their refusal to support the war.
- And not all residents of Steinbach would hold to a pacifist position.
- It allowed them to demonstrate their more anti-militarist and pacifist credentials.
- Unless of course it gets taken over by a pacifist collective dedicated to advancing the cause of world peace.
- He also inherited a pacifist sensibility, which was why he refused to do National Service and worked instead as a hospital orderly for two years.
- The pacifist option was followed by only a small minority.
- It appears very fashionable these days to take a sort of pacifist line.
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