Unbellicose

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not bellicose; unwarlike.

    "Small wonder that history has become such a hotly contested battleground, or that otherwise unbellicose professors are so often pressed into front-line service in the culture wars."

Synonyms

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conciliatoryirenicnonaggressivenoncombatantnonviolentpacific

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"Small wonder that history has become such a hotly contested battleground, or that otherwise unbellicose professors are so often pressed into front-line service in the culture wars."

Etymology

From un- + bellicose.

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