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PACIFIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
Synonyms:
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pacifist" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pacifist"):
dove; peacenik (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)
Derivation:
pacifism (the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration)
pacifism (the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable)
pacifist (opposed to war)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opposed to war
Synonyms:
dovish; pacifist; pacifistic
Classified under:
Similar:
peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)
Derivation:
pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)
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