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    [Noun]  | "pac*i*fist" | \ ˈpa-sə-fist \


    1: an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes

    Origin: 1898 ;

    [Noun]  | "pac*i*fism" | \ ˈpa-sə-ˌfi-zəm \


    1: opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes; specifically : refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds

    2: an attitude or policy of nonresistance

    Origin: 1902 ;

     French pacifisme, from pacifique pacific;

    [Adjective]  | "pacifist" 


    1: of, relating to, or characteristic of pacifism or pacifists

    2: strongly and actively opposed to conflict and especially war

    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Noun]  | "pacifist" 


    1: a person who opposes war or warlike policies;


      * e.g., " ... a committed pacifist, Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence "




    [Adjective]  | "pacifist" 


    1: inclined to live in peace and to avoid war;


      * e.g., " ... the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict "




     

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