conchie
9.9
Relating to people who refuse army service for moral or religious reasons
- adjective
- /ˈkɒnʧi/
- Archaic
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relativo a los objetores de conciencia (arcaico)
- During the draft, he openly embraced his conchie beliefs and refused to fight.
Examples
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The newspaper published a story about a conchie group protesting military conscription.
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She was proud of her family's conchie tradition and their commitment to peace.
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His conchie attitude made him unpopular with some of his peers during the war.
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The government respects conchie rights.
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The conchie movement gained traction in the 1960s.
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Many young people joined the conchie movement to advocate for peace instead of war.
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Her conchie stance was supported by her commitment to nonviolence and social justice.
Surface Forms
conchie positive
Etymology
As an adjective, conchie comes from the same root conscientious, from conscience 'inner sense of right and wrong', so a conchie attitude or action is one connected to refusing military service on moral grounds.
