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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dovish, pacifistic |
Examples of pacifist
pacifist
A pacifist doctor joins a Union colonel's cavalry raid in Confederate territory.
From the post-gazette.com
A notable pacifist in later life, Einstein shared Sharp's admiration for Gandhi.
From the cnn.com
The pretty irony about the Reading incident is that it began as a pacifist plea.
From the time.com
Even the German occupation did not cause him to falter in his pacifist beliefs.
From the online.wsj.com
White-haired and quietly spoken, the founder of Vyasna is a committed pacifist.
From the guardian.co.uk
Zweig remained a pacifist all his life and advocated the unification of Europe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A lifelong pacifist, she took part in the first CND march at Aldermaston in 1958.
From the guardian.co.uk
Pacifist and anti-imperialist traditions have strongly influenced the movement.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Dr Temple has protested strongly to BBC about their ban on pacifist preachers.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
- Pacifist(a): opposed to war
- (pacifism) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
- (pacifism) the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
- "The Pacifist" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956. It is a comic short story by Arthur C. Clarke, and appears in his collection of "science fiction tall tales," Tales from the White Hart.
- One who loves, supports, or favours peace; one who is pro-peace; One who avoids violence; One who opposes violence and is anti-war
- (pacifism) The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence; The active opposition to such violence, especially the refusal to take part in military action
- (pacifistic) posessing pacifist attitudes or protesting pretty much anything makes you pacafistic
- (Pacifists) however, maintain that a moral evaluation of war is possible, and that war is always found to be immoral. Gandhi and Tolstoy were both famous advocates of pacifistic nonviolent resistance methods instead of war.
