Pugwash conferences

British

/ ˈpʌɡˌwɒʃ /

plural noun

international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat, one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president from 1988

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Etymology

Origin of Pugwash conferences

C20: from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, where the first conference was held

Example Sentences

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From 1976 to 1988 she chaired the Pugwash conferences - a group established in the 1950s by Einstein and others concerned at the dangers to world peace posed by the development of the Hydrogen bomb.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2010

Topchiev was a frequent visitor to the Pugwash conferences staged in Nova Scotia by Russophile Industrialist Cyrus Eaton, where the chemist enjoyed preaching that science is above national politics.

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