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Pacifist   Listen
noun
pacifist  n.  
1.
A person opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.
Synonyms: pacificist, disarmer.
2.
A person whose strong belief in pacifism causes him/her to refuse to participate in military activities, especially one who refuses to be drafted into the armed forces.





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"Pacifist" Quotes from Famous Books



... European butchery means nothing," said one friend, who supplies editorial comment for a most widely read American weekly, "except a lot of poverty, a lot of cripples, and a lot of sodden hate in the hearts of the people engaged. Europe will not be changed appreciably as a result of the war!" Our pacifist ex-Secretary of State, I remember, wrote Baron d'Estournelles de Constant inquiring what the French were fighting for, implying that to the reasonable onlooker there was no clear issue involved in the whole business, merely the passions of misguided patriotism. The well-meaning ...
— The World Decision • Robert Herrick


Words linked to "Pacifist" :   peaceful, pacificist, pacifistic, dove, pacifism, disarmer, dovish, peacenik, peaceable, adult


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