antiwar

[ an-tee-wawr, an-tahy- ]

adjective

1. against war or a particular war:

   the antiwar movement of the 1960s.

antiwar

/ ˌæntɪˈwɔː /

adjective

1. opposed to war

   the antiwar movement

Word History and Origins

Origin of antiwar¹

anti- + war ¹

Example Sentences

Rep. Walter Jones, an antiwar Republican, was one of the few to give voice to the problem.

From The Daily Beast

Soldiers in uniform have been holding antiwar signs in front of their faces and posting the pictures to Reddit.

From The Daily Beast

Todd Kincannon, a former executive director of the South Carolina GOP, says he wishes the Iraqis had killed an antiwar veteran.

From The Daily Beast

This criticism of the President from an antiwar position elicited cheers from the Republican delegates.

From The Daily Beast

To stop antiwar demonstrators from nearing the RNC, police set up barricades of buses.

From The Daily Beast

The movement was headed by the left-wing Socialists, who attempted to correlate the antiwar movement with socialist propaganda.

From Project Gutenberg

The antiwar factions were not necessarily, however, users of violence.

From Project Gutenberg

(p. 135) Kerensky, undoubtedly, knew of the growing antiwar sentiment in the rank and file of the army.

From Project Gutenberg

These dire conditions gave a strong impetus to the growing antiwar movement in the country.

From Project Gutenberg