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- Dictionarypacifist/ˈpasɪfɪst/
noun
- 1. a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable: "she was a committed pacifist all her life"
adjective
- 1. holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable.
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The meaning of PACIFIST is an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes. How to use pacifist in a sentence.
noun [ C ] politics uk / ˈpæs.ɪ.fɪst / us / ˈpæs.ə.fɪst / Add to word list. someone who believes in pacifism: The pacifist movement is gaining increasing support among young people. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Peace. anti-war. conflict transformation. dove. dovish. hold out/offer an olive branch idiom. non-aggression. non-defence.
A person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute is called a pacifist. If you are a pacifist, you talk through your differences with others instead of fighting. A pacifist is a peacemaker — even its Latin origins of pax, or "peace" and facere, "to make" show it.
noun [ C ] politics us / ˈpæs.ə.fɪst / uk / ˈpæs.ɪ.fɪst / Add to word list. someone who believes in pacifism: The pacifist movement is gaining increasing support among young people. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Peace. conflict transformation. dove. dovish. hold out/offer an olive branch idiom. non-defense. non-violently. non-war.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pacifist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
A pacifist is someone who believes that violence is wrong and refuses to take part in wars.
PACIFISM definition: 1. the belief that war is wrong, and, therefore, that to fight in a war is wrong 2. the belief that…. Learn more.
PACIFIST meaning: someone who believes that war and violence are wrong and who refuses to participate in or support a war.
n. 1. The belief that disputes between nations can and should be settled peacefully. 2. a. Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. b. Such opposition demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action. [French pacifisme, from pacifique, pacific; see pacific.]
The meaning of PACIFISM is opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes; specifically : refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds. How to use pacifism in a sentence.
