pacifist
pronunciation
How to pronounce pacifist in British English:
UK [ˈpæsɪfɪst]
How to pronounce pacifist in American English:
US [ ˈpæsɪfɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
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- Adjective:
- opposed to war
Word Origin
- pacifist (n.)
- 1903, from French pacifiste (see pacifism). Related: Pacifistic (1902).
Example
- 1. Mr obama has never claimed to be a pacifist .
- 2. He was a german journalist and pacifist .
- 3. Ridding the world of nuclear weapons has long been a cause of the pacifist left .
- 4. Some 2000 are in afghanistan , where italy 's engagement is a source of anguished misgiving for the radical and pacifist left .
- 5. That is because many germans , at least in the former west , have since the second world war been militantly pacifist .