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peaceniks

peaceniks is the plural of peacenik.

Meaning of peacenik

Noun

peacenik (plural peaceniks or (rare) peaceniki)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.
    • If I lift a finger, or my voice, I either throw my support behind those who would prefer a dead planet to a Red planet, or I throw my lot with the Peaceniki.1984 June 1, John K. R. Chisholm, “Arms race debate boring”, in K. J. Strachan, editor, The Expositor, Brantford, Ont.: Southam Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, “To the editor” section, page 4, column 6
    Synonyms:
    dove, pacifist

Questions about peaceniks

What is peaceniks the plural of?
Peaceniks is the plural of peacenik.

Words near peaceniks in the dictionary

  1. peacemongers
  2. peacen
  3. peacened
  4. peacenik
  5. peaceniki
  6. peaceniks
  7. peacening
  8. peacens
  9. peaces
  10. peaces out
  11. peacespeak

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