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

Viewed from 20 years out, these antiwar arguments foretold much of the mess in Afghanistan.

From Washington Post

In his first presidential race, he traded on his antiwar credentials to shore up celebrity endorsements and a loyal grass-roots base of support.

From Washington Post

Franks, who had helped launch a chapter of Students for a Democratic Society while at Vassar College, often returned to stories about the antiwar movement and the legacy of 1960s radicalism.

From Washington Post

Repealing the AUMF is not necessarily a pro or antiwar position.

From Time

It caused a big split in our family because I was very antiwar.

From Time

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