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Definition of Dovish
1. Adjective. Opposed to war.
Similar to: Peaceable, Peaceful
Derivative terms: Dovishness, Pacifist, Pacifism, Pacifism
Definition of Dovish
1. a. Like a dove; harmless; innocent.
Definition of Dovish
1. Adjective. Like a dove; peaceful, conciliatory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dovish
1. not warlike [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovish
Literary usage of Dovish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"... Amos Oz (a leading Israeli author and dovish activist) and Gush Emunim stalwarts
appeared in Nekuda, many fundamentalists objected to the publication's ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1904)
"For instance, at Fontainebleau the works were to be executed for the King 'ainsi
qu'il a dovish et donne* a entendre a son valet de chambre ordinaire' ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock (1879)
"... by which the members of the .dovish theocracy were taught and governed ill
things -pi ritual. Feast and fast, sacrifice and ottering, rite and ceremony, ..."
4. The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy and the by Michael Mandelbaum (1991)
"The Kremlin is already under intense pressure from hawks who are vigorously
lobbying for a less dovish Soviet foreign policy. If these hawks could make a ..."
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