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pacificity

pacificity noun: the quality of being pacific; peacefulness.

Noun

pacificity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being pacific; peacefulness.
    • One of the quintessential values of the indigenous Ewe society is pacificity.1976, Conflict and harmony in education in tropical Africa, page 85
    • In addition, in FPHWP, I proposed “the multifaceted theory of war and peace” to understand war and peace, in a small sense—or aggression and pacificity, in a broad sense.2012 -, Peter Baofu, The Future of Post-Human Waste, page 44

Examples of pacificity in a sentence

  • In the Alto Xingu, there is strong moral emphasis on respect for others, on self-control, and on pacificity.2013, Penelope Harvey, Peter Gow -, Sex and Violence: Issues in Representation and Experience, page 90:
  • Hume's pacificity and neutrality contrast with Gibbon's combative attitude and his interest in subjective, personalized experience.2014, Charlotte Roberts, Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, page 170:

Origin of pacificity

From pacific + -ity.

Questions about pacificity

What does pacificity mean?
Pacificity means the quality of being pacific; peacefulness.
How do you use pacificity in a sentence?
In the Alto Xingu, there is strong moral emphasis on respect for others, on self-control, and on pacificity.
What part of speech is pacificity?
Pacificity is a noun.

Words near pacificity in the dictionary

  1. pacificatory
  2. pacificism
  3. pacificisms
  4. pacificist
  5. pacificists
  6. pacificity
  7. pacifick
  8. pacifico
  9. pacificos
  10. Pacifics
  11. Pacificward

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