pacifism
noun
opposition to war or violence of any kind.
pacificism
-
a variation of
pacifism.
Example Sentences
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That means contending with German society’s deeply ingrained pacificism, a legacy of ruinous wars and the horrors of the Holocaust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Eventually he found his ardent pacificism giving way to a conviction that the Allied cause was just, and he ended up the war as an Army sergeant on Iwo Jima.
From Time Magazine Archive
The harped-on secondary issues were Gandhi's pacificism, his suspected pro-Japanese attitude, the threat of Hindu-Moslem civil war.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the other animals also are very intelligent and wide awake; even the discarded god possesses a highly commendable pacificism.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was plausible to charge these associations with being under the guidance of foreigners, with "pacificism" and a general tendency to disloyalty.
From The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform by James Harvey Robinson
