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
The student protest against U.S. war vessels, for one thing, bespeaks a strong desire on the part of the young to carve out a new national identity, based partly on pacificism and partly on self-sufficiency.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
From 1911 to 1934, Anglicanism's most prestigious preaching office was occupied by "the Gloomy Dean," William Ralph Inge, who outraged England with his then radical opinions on birth control and pacificism.
From Time Magazine Archive
At any rate, the Note when it came had no pacificism in it, and the President gained the unanimous approval of the country and the Allies.
From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Louise Herrick Wall
