Pacifism

Word PACIFISM
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Hyphenation pacifism
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Definitions and meanings of "Pacifism"

What do we mean by pacifism?

The belief that disputes between nations can and should be settled peacefully. noun

Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. noun

Such opposition demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action. noun

The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable. noun

The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration. noun

The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence noun

The active opposition to such violence, especially the refusal to take part in military action noun

The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable noun

The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration noun

The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means.

The additional challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pacifism

The word "pacifism" in example sentences

But you are willing to use the label pacifism, and are willing to trace your whole life to the moment in which you adopted that word as what you were going to to be about and doing. ❋ Unknown (1974)

Schreiber's "absolute" commitment to what he calls pacifism will not help him argue with those who hold an equally "absolute" commitment to, say, the virtues of "struggle." ❋ Marshall, Rachelle (1979)

Hawk & Dove would be interesting, seeing two brothers debate militarism and pacifism from a Japanese perspective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wonderful work here from Turner, and there may be a handful of others, but it feels like pacifism is some sort of black sin in these days of “support the troops” no matter their mission. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But as I've emphasized, one person's pacifism is highly unlikely to change the outcome of a war, so in marginalist terms, it isn't really a cost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fact that the author seems to so terribly miss the point of pacifism is odd because another strong message that he tries to convey in this book is that there is something human in all of us that we can all recognize and that our shared humaness has nothing to do with our beliefs about any particlular invisible diety. ❋ John Storhm (2008)

In contrast to contemporary feminist anti-militarist pronouncements that the logical outcome of women's innate pacifism is abstention and objection to all wars, Parren presented a hybrid archetype which carefully fused the anti-militarism embodied in the 'Moral Mother' (although she at no point articulated it as such or used the term herself) and the strength and independence of the 'Just Warrior' into a unified personality. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My dad's sense of pacifism is only outweighed by his sense of responsibility, which is why he didn't high-tail it to Canada four years earlier than he did. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Deep down you want to challenge the heroic story-pattern where violence is the final solution because you have a strong belief in pacifism, because final solutions like that, you think, lead inevitably to, well, that other type of Final Solution. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Smelly the Quaker should have never gone into the military with his religion so strongly based in pacifism – but I guess it was OK for Smelly to suck at the national teat when in need of employment. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Because while pacifism is an ideal self defense is a legitimate coarse of action. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And when the question of Iraq is brought up, and — beyond Iraq — the role of America at large, the problem is also a certain pacifism that has a whiff of isolationism, difficult to distinguish from the isolationism of someone like Pat Buchanan. ❋ Bernard-Henri L (2005)

She is now, at this time, drenched in pacifism and nationalism, so I think perhaps it is not unwise if it is often made plain that no country in the heart of Europe can remain neutral. ❋ Unknown (1951)

But I do not wish to give the impression that our Quaker pacifism is either passive or negative. ❋ Unknown (1947)

Just a few months ago, a classmate of mine from Berea who is about to retire from a Congregational church up in New Hampshire, the first woman minister I ever knew, sent me a clipping about a classmate of ours who was … no, he was not a classmate, he was ahead of us But he was a pacifist, and you see, I had never heard the word pacifism in my life before going to Berea. ❋ Unknown (1976)

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