Definition of Pacificism

1. Noun. The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.

Exact synonyms: Pacifism, Passivism
Generic synonyms: Doctrine, Ism, Philosophical System, Philosophy, School Of Thought
Derivative terms: Pacifist, Pacifistic

2. Noun. The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.
Exact synonyms: Pacifism
Generic synonyms: Belief
Derivative terms: Pacifist, Pacifistic

Definition of Pacificism

1. Noun. General ethical opposition to war or violence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pacificism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacificism

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paci
paciently
pacier
paciest
pacifiable
pacific islands
pacific states
pacifical
pacifically
pacification
pacifications
pacificator
pacificators
pacificatory
pacificism (current term)
pacificisms
pacificist
pacificists
pacifick
pacified
pacifier
pacifiers
pacifies
pacifism
pacifisms
pacifist
pacifist(a)
pacifistic
pacifistically

Literary usage of Pacificism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Germany and England by John Adam Cramb (1914)
"II WHAT, then, is pacificism? Dismissing from our minds for a moment German criticism or German interpretation of England's purposes, let us consider the ..."

2. Studies in Statecraft: Being Chapters, Biographical and Bibliographical ...by Geoffrey Gilbert Butler by Geoffrey Gilbert Butler (1920)
"pacificism, " Weltmacht," internationalism, diplomacy based upon ideals—all were ideas familiar to the men of these two centuries, as they are to us still, ..."

3. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"CHAPTER LXXVII AMERICAN pacificism — PREPAREDNESS — MUNITION SAFEGUARD Ford peace mission, lightly regarded though it was, never- theless recorded itself on ..."

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