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pacifism

[ US /ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /pˈæsɪfˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
  2. the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

How To Use pacifism In A Sentence

  • Such overt aggression turned the Labour Party away from pacifism and towards the acceptance of a degree of force to implement collective security.
  • Such overt aggression turned the Labour Party away from pacifism and towards the acceptance of a degree of force to implement collective security.
  • The story might have him playing an effete easterner converted into a "real" American by the Old West, or demonstrating manly American virtues in decadent Europe or corrupt Latin America, or good-humoredly asserting American common sense in response to vogues like health faddism or pacifism, but in all these plots he was the exact same wholesome, attractive fellow he had always been. The Silent Superstar
  • Convert pagans to christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.
  • He will steer a middle course between pacifism and revolution.
  • 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. Archive 2007-03-01
  • Mongeau prefers the term antimilitarism, rather than pacifism, for the alleged national character trait.
  • A very moderate pacifism was, in fact, the common denominator of the demonstrators and the varied organisations.
  • Hawk & Dove would be interesting, seeing two brothers debate militarism and pacifism from a Japanese perspective. More manga remakes
  • As a result, postwar peace movements have abandoned pacifism as a central aspect of their beliefs.
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