Pacifist

//ˈpæsɪfɪst// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

    "Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists."

  2. 2
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes wordnet
  3. 3
    One who loves, supports, or favours peace.; One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
  4. 4
    One who loves, supports, or favours peace.; One who is anti-war.

    "No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it."

  5. 5
    One who loves, supports, or favours peace.; One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
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  1. 6
    A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.

    "Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist."

Adjective
  1. 1
    opposed to war wordnet

Synonyms

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anti-bellicistanti-warantimilitaryantimilitaryconciliatorydisarmer

Example

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"My father was a pacifist who refused to fight in the Vietnam War."

Etymology

From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.

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anarcho-pacifistanti war

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