pacifist
a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
a person whose personal belief in pacifism causes them to refuse being drafted into military service.: Compare conscientious objector.
Origin of pacifist
1Other words from pacifist
- an·ti·pac·i·fist, noun, adjective
- non·pac·i·fist, noun
- pro·pac·i·fist, noun, adjective
- sem·i·pac·i·fist, adjective, noun
- un·pac·i·fist, adjective
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How to use pacifist in a sentence
Abe’s push to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution to give Japan a more assertive military role in East Asia provoked controversy both at home and abroad, particularly in China.
Her early introduction to pacifist politics was expanded when Scott attended the liberal Antioch College in 1946, where she again encountered Rustin.
The public has underestimated the radicalism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s early work | Victoria Wolcott | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostNurtured by interracial pacifist communities such as the Fellowship House and the Highlander Folk School, King was always a radical.
The public has underestimated the radicalism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s early work | Victoria Wolcott | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostHaving experienced the horrors of war firsthand, he was also a vocal pacifist, and strongly opposed the war in Vietnam.
Readers Love Curious George. I Fell in Love with the Author’s Astronomy Books. - Issue 112: Inspiration | Dan Falk | January 5, 2022 | NautilusOssé attended his first protest after Floyd’s death and has since founded the Gen Z activist group “Warriors in the Garden,” using pacifist principles to reject police violence and call for reform.
And the ones protesting the loudest may be the war-mongering men forced into pacifist celibacy.
Japanese Women Tell Their Men They Have to Choose Between Love and War | Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a weakness for fine clothes and good-looking women, and he certainly was no pacifist.
I am a proud Israeli and a religiously observant Jew and a functional pacifist.
What's Wrong With the Discourse About Throwing Rocks? | Moriel Rothman | August 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA veteran hawk, Prime Minister Abe wants to strengthen Japan, even review its pacifist constitution.
Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Activists Losing Ground Since Fukushima Disaster | Lennox Samuels | March 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn their decision they wrote that there was some chance I was a pacifist after all.
He's a great lecturer, but he's a pacifist—the only one on the faculty—and a friend of Dora's.
Ramsey Milholland | Booth TarkingtonWhat would my pacifist friend do if he saw a maniac attacking his children with a hatchet?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairI remember discussing the matter with a pacifist friend of mine, an out-and-out religious non-resistant.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairWe have seen both pacifist and militarist crowds setting forth their manifestoes in terms of New Testament teaching.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinLiberal, radical and pacifist opponents of the war rallied around it as the last great hope of civilization.
British Dictionary definitions for pacifist
/ (ˈpæsɪfɪst) /
a person who supports pacifism
a person who refuses military service
advocating, relating to, or characterized by pacifism
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