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    [Noun]  | "peace*nik" | \ ˈpēs-ˌnik \


    1: an opponent of war; specifically : one who participates in antiwar demonstrations


    Origin: 1962 ;

    [Noun]  | "peacenik" 


    1: a person who opposes war or warlike policies;


      * e.g., " ... peaceniks argued that all the nonmilitary options had not been exhausted "





     [ "peacenik" ]

    1: Someone who takes the respectable position of non-violence to an absurd degree. Specializes in feel-good, kumbaya messages (bumper sticker slogans) that sound nice but solve nothing. Even when an obvious evil is running amok (Hitler or Stalin), they do little but draw anti-war signs. These kind of people are extremely disdainful of US and Israeli troops, but have little to say about groups like ISIS or hamas.

      * e.g.,  ... "I told that peacenik that evil dictators couldn't care less about their signs and rallies." 

     [ "peacenik" ]

    1: Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or particular conflict, and usually causes conflict in the process.

      * e.g.,  ... Sorry I was late to work today sergeant. Some peacenik group was blocking the gate and antagonizing the Soldiers. I would have liked to express a little of my own ‘free speech’ on them, but instead I just used the other entrance. 


     [ "peacenik" ]

    2: A derogatory term directed at the bigotry of certain “peace” groups attempting to force their views on society.

     [ "peacenik" ]

    1: A relatively unoffensive insult used by dumb people to insult members of the anti-war movement.

      * e.g.,  ... Idiot: You're a peacenik 

     [ "Peacenik" ]

    1: A type of loser (like a beatnik) who thinks that linking arms and playing bongos in London will stop the American tanks from running over innocent people in Iraq.

      * e.g.,  ... Peacenik (playing the bongos): "Radiant cool, crazy nightmare Zen New Jersey nowhere!" 

     [ "Peacenik" ]

    1: A person waging a war of opinion against their home country when that war is against their allies.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at all those communists playing the peacenik now that we are at war with a globalist country. 


     [ "Peacenik" ]

    2: This is designed to undermine troop morale and forment war weariness in the population, limiting the country's effectiveness in war.


     [ "Peacenik" ]

    3: Treason. The most famous example was the Vietnam war, when we fought the communists. "Nik" is a Soviet last name suffix.

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