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peacenik::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dove |
| Type of | disarmer, pacificist, pacifist |
Examples of peacenik
peacenik
Republicans would have branded him the second coming of peacenik George McGovern.
From the time.com
Call me a peacenik nut, but I challenge you to find the flaw in the reasoning.
From the kentucky.com
Obama is a left-wing peacenik trapped by campaign rhetoric that was expedient in 2008.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's rare to hear a Republican front-runner talking like a Vietnam peacenik circa 1969.
From the sacbee.com
Balboa is a 46-year-old single dad, an ex-Marine with a peacenik streak.
From the statesman.com
Even peacenik liberals who mistrusted Bush and the neocons now believe Iran is a threat.
From the infowars.com
Yet Mr Bush's belligerent approach seems to have touched a peacenik nerve in the state.
From the economist.com
Yet few of you back Mr. Paul, who is, incidentally, the biggest peacenik in either party.
From the forbes.com
Montross, 70, looks back on himself as more an environmentalist than outright peacenik.
From the desmoinesregister.com
- Dove: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
- Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict; or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons
- (peaceniks) Early protesters against the Vietnam War.
- (forthcoming) a derogatory reference that ridicules their preoccupation with a cause or agenda; [cf: nudnik]
- "Yep, neither of 'em are real peaceniks, ya know."
