pacificist

8.1

A person who opposes using violence to solve conflicts

noun
/pəˈsɪfɪsɪst/

: pacifista

As a devoted pacifist, she believes that peace is achieved through dialogue rather than violence.

Examples

Many pacifists participated in the peace march, advocating for negotiations instead of military action.
But the complex realities of the case kept most pacifists from going down that path (the saner ones sometimes are called pacificists), and it kept the general public from buying into the argument at all in any large numbers except, tragically, in the 1930s.

Blog text (13)
The pacifist organization hosted a rally to promote nonviolent solutions to global conflicts.

Synonyms

pacifist

vspacificist

28 5.5

A person who opposes war and refuses to use violence

opposes using violence to resolve conflicts without stressing moral absolutism

peacenik

vspacificist

Archaic

5 8.4

A person who is against war and supports peace by calling for talks

opposes violence for resolving disputes but without the informal activist tone

disarmer

vspacificist

7.8

A person who opposes violence and wants people or countries to give up weapons

opposes violence to resolve disputes rather than campaigning mainly for weapon removal

Antonyms

warrior

∞ 3.9

A person who fights in battles as part of an army

combatant

61 5.6

A person who takes part in fighting, often a soldier in a war

How Nonviolent

pacificist

8.1

peacemaker

23 3.7

moderate

85 4.6

hawk

45 7.4

militant

164 7.4

Surface Forms

pacificist singular

pacificists plural

Morphology

pacificist = pacific (transparent) = pacific + ist

The meaning is directly derived from 'pacific' (peaceful) plus '-ist' indicating a person who holds that belief.

Etymology

Pacificist comes from the Latin word pacificus, meaning 'making peace', and from pax 'peace', with the ending -ist meaning 'a person who'. So, a pacificist is someone who opposes violence and prefers peaceful ways to solve conflicts.