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pacifistic

American  
[pas-uh-fis-tik] / ˌpæs əˈfɪs tɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to pacifism or pacifists.


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Etymology

Origin of pacifistic

First recorded in 1925–30; pacif(ic) + -istic


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Another refreshing commentary on pacifistic views comes from a Quaker, Scott Simon, a National Public Radio talk show host and, at least earlier in life, a pacifist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

His father was the choir director of the First Congregational Church in Norwich, elevating the prominence of the pacifistic family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2018

Yet Orwell belonged for a time to the pacifistic Independent Labour Party, deplored the sadism of communists in Spain and felt uneasy with gratuitous violence in media.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2017

Leo Szilard, an escaped Hungarian physicist, took a draft of a letter to Einstein, who, although pacifistic, signed the final version.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

On the other side we find the great variety of pacifistic minds.

From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by G.E. Partridge

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