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warless

warless

5.3
Free from war or fighting and focused on peace
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔːrləs/
translation icon : sin guerra
  • Many people dream of living in a warless society where conflicts are resolved peacefully.
  • warless society

Examples

  • Among the few known cases of warless societies of hunter-gatherers, social organizations do not extend beyond family and a loose, flexible network of kin.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The ancient Middle East provides some of the best evidence for the emergence of war from a warless background.

    Academic text (2003)
  • It may be by books, stories, poetry, and lectures that we who have the ear of mankind can move man a little nearer the perilous safety of a warless and provident world.

    Blog text (34)
  • The controversies surrounding media/military relations in the U.S. during the Gulf War may be less relevant for laying the Vietnam ghost and may tell us more about how "warless societies" of the advanced industrial sector engage in wars at the interface between developed and developing countries and deal with the public's

    Academic text (1994)
  • Now that they have become virtually threat-free, indeed warless societies, the logic of downsizing and restructuring their armed forces - first and foremost with an eye to crisis management and peacekeeping - seems rather overwhelming.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The village has maintained a warless existence for generations, prioritizing harmony and cooperation.

  • In a warless world, communities would focus on collaboration rather than competition.

Synonyms

peaceful
vswarless
428 1.0

Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble

stresses lack of war or conflict and official policy stance
at peace
vswarless
109 2.1

Calm and free from worry or conflict

can describe absence of war or conflict as a general policy or condition
nonviolent
vswarless
44 4.0

Not using violence or physical force

denotes absence of war or conflict and peaceful policy beyond mere nonuse of force
peaceable
vswarless
7 4.1

Calm and not wanting to fight or argue

applies to absence of war or conflict and to official policy
conflictless
vswarless
6.3

Free from argument or disagreement

also covers absence of war and official policy against armed conflict
noncombative
vswarless
5.3

Calm and not wanting to fight or argue

extends this lack of aggression to absence of war and policy stance
unwarlike
vswarless
6.2

Not aggressive and wants peace

focuses on absence of war and intentional peaceful policy rather than suitability
nonbelligerent
vswarless
  • Specialized
8.3

A country or group not taking part in a war

implies full absence of war and peaceful policy, not merely nonparticipation

Antonyms

45 6.8

Very active and ready to fight for a belief or cause

26 7.5

Being ready to argue or fight

13 5.5

Ready to fight or attack

How Peaceful

warless
5.3
tranquil
27 4.6
peaceful
428 1.0
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

warless positive

Morphology

warless = war (transparent) = war + less

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'war' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so its meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word warless is made from war and the ending -less, which means 'without', just like in harmless. So, a warless country or policy is 'without war' and therefore peaceful.