pacifist
/ˈpæsɪfɪst/
pacifist noun: one who loves, supports, or favours peace.
Noun
pacifist (plural pacifists)
- One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
- Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists.
- Antonyms:
- bellicist, hawk, militarist
- One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
- One who is anti-war.
- No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
- A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
Adjective
pacifist (comparative more pacifist, superlative most pacifist)
- Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.
- Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist.2010, Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, Charles M. Collier, Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas's 70th Birthday, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 129
- Synonyms:
- dovish, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenic, irenical, non-violent, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful
pacifist meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
pacifist in Hindi
- one who loves, supports, or favours peace
- शांतिवादी śāntivādī, शान्तिवादी śāntivādī
pacifist in Marathi
- शांततावादी, शांतीवादी
pacifist in Urdu
- صلح پسند
pacifist in Bengali
- শান্তিবাদী
More languagesFewer languages
- pacifist in Telugu
- శాంతివాది
- pacifist in Malayalam
- സമാധാനവാദി, യുദ്ധവിരോധി, സമാധാന പ്രണേതാവ്
- pacifist in Kannada
- ಶಾಂತಿವಾದಿ, ಶಾಂತಿಪ್ರಿಯ, ಯುದ್ಧದ್ವೇಷಿ
- pacifist in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਵਾਦੀ
- pacifist in Gujarati
- શાંતિવાદી, શાંતતાવાદી
- pacifist in Odia
- ଶାନ୍ତିବାଦୀ
- pacifist in Nepali
- शान्तिवादी
- pacifist in Arabic
- مُسَالِم musālim, مُسَالِمَة musālima
- pacifist in Persian
- صلحجو solh-ju, صلحطلب solh-talab
Examples of pacifist in a sentence
- Warsaw Pact governments had little truck with pacifists, but their successors are more understanding.
- Hondas sound like cars designed by pacifists and humanitarian diplomats.
- Only a complete pacifist could validly condemn militariness.
Synonyms of pacifist
- dove
- Gandhist
- dovish
- pacific
- anti-bellicist
- dovelike
- irenic
- irenical
- non-violent
- pacifistic
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Antonyms
Forms of pacifist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pacifists |
| alternative form | pacificist |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more pacifist |
| superlative | most pacifist |
Origin of pacifist
From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.
Words formed from pacifist
Questions about pacifist
- What does pacifist mean?
- Pacifist means one who loves, supports, or favours peace.
- What is pacifist in Hindi?
- Pacifist in Hindi is शांतिवादी (śāntivādī), शान्तिवादी (śāntivādī). See Pacifist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pacifist?
- Pacifist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pacifist?
- Pacifist is pronounced /ˈpæsɪfɪst/.
- What is the plural of pacifist?
- The plural of pacifist is pacifists.
Words near pacifist in the dictionary
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