pacifism
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- noun
- /ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm/
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pacifismo
- Her dedication to pacifism was evident in her refusal to support any violent protests.
- postwar pacifism
- practical pacifism
- Christian pacifism
And he he later rescinded his hardcore pacifism.
- And he he later rescinded his hardcore pacifism.
- I although I rejected Quakerism very early because I disliked its pacifism, I disliked its wordiness.
- And no, I like, I think pacifism is not actually the morally the, the wisest position ethically.
Examples
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A pacifist, which is what I am, can be the strongest resister, and pacifism the most defiant form of resistance.
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Pacifism is not something to hide behind.
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Today your father broke his vow of pacifism.
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Surely your pacifism doesn't extend to a few birds, does it?
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Within these religions were sects that advocated pacifism as a way of life.
Blog text (4) -
The first significant movement to emerge proclaiming pacifism as the only way was led by Mahatma Gandhi.
Blog text (4) -
The debate over the morality of war is dominated by four major theories: pacifism, militarism, realism, and the just war tradition.
Academic text (2017) -
In class, I debated pacifism with the Tibetan boys, having no notion of a country I would violently defend.
Fiction book (1993) -
By staying here, we women will be betraying the central tenet of our faith which is pacifism, because by staying we will knowingly be placing ourselves in a direct collision course with violence, either by us or against us.
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Moreover, the feminism of the time was closely allied with a resurgent pacifism that resented masculine honor for other reasons.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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Using peaceful actions to bring about social or political change
A belief that all conflicts should be solved peacefully and violence should not be used
Antonyms
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A belief that a country should build a strong army and use it to gain or protect power
How Peaceful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pacifism = pacifist (transparent) = pacif + ism
Formation from the pacif- stem plus the suffix '-ism' yields a doctrine or ideology, which directly matches the headword's meaning.
Etymology
Pacifism comes from the Latin word pax, which means 'peace', and the ending -ism, which means 'a belief'. The same root is in pacify ('to make peaceful'), so pacifism is the belief that problems should be solved without violence.