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pacifism

[ pas-uh-fiz-uhm ]

noun

  1. opposition to war or violence of any kind.
  2. refusal to engage in military activity because of one's principles or beliefs.
  3. the principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to war.


pacifism

/ ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm /

noun

  1. the belief that violence of any kind is unjustifiable and that one should not participate in war
  2. the belief that international disputes can be settled by arbitration rather than war
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


pacifism

  1. The view that war is morally unacceptable and never justified ( see conscientious objector ). The term is sometimes applied to the belief that international disputes should be settled peacefully.


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Other Words From

  • anti·paci·fism noun
  • pro·paci·fism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pacifism1

1905–10; < pacifisme. See pacific, -ism
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Example Sentences

The letter claimed that Biden’s approach to Israel amounted to support of genocide in Gaza and was out of step with the pacifism expressed by Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse’s most famous graduate.

The petition called the invitation antithetical to the pacifism Martin Luther King Jr., a Morehouse alumnus, expressed when opposing the Vietnam War.

To those outside Northern California, the show of force at Cal Poly Humboldt, in the college town of Arcata, has been a surprising turn in a region more typically associated with a hippie pacifism and marijuana farms.

And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.

From BBC

But that never meant a full embrace of pacifism.

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