peace-loving
- adjective
- /ˈpiːsˌlʌvɪŋ/
- As a peace-loving individual, she always advocates for nonviolent solutions to disputes.
- peace-loving people
And what would happen is a peace loving leader would replace Putin.
- And what would happen is a peace loving leader would replace Putin.
- The vast majority of people that live here are peaceful and peace loving.
- He's, you know, of one of these peace loving, weak Democrats.
- But yeah, it makes me kind of uncomfortable that I, you know, I'm a, a, a peace loving person who wants to like kumbaya it, you know, globally.
Examples
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The world knows we are a peace-loving people.
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Your children and grandchildren are proud and peace-loving citizens of the world.
Blog text (11) -
A happy, safe, united, peace loving country where everyone is equal.
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We like to think of ourselves as a peace-loving people.
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- No, we are peace-loving people.
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I'm a peace-loving man, a good father and husband.
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Now he was a peace-loving man, interested only in serving his people by negotiating a political settlement.
Fiction book (2002) -
Why does the U.S.-led NATO hate the peace-loving Chinese people so much?
Academic text (1999) -
59 Nigerians, like their neighbors, were peace-loving people.
Academic text (2007) -
While I'm still a peace-loving, anti-war kind of girl, I understand more fully what makes veterans tick.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble
Calm and not wanting to fight or argue
Opposed to war and supporting actions that promote peace
Prefer peaceful policies and oppose military action
Against war and violence, preferring peaceful ways
Prefers solving conflicts by talking and making agreements rather than by fighting
Antonyms
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peace-loving combines peace 'quiet and no war' and loving 'who loves', so it describes someone who prefers peace and avoids conflict or violence.