pacifist
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ə noun
1.
a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
2.
a person whose personal belief in pacifism causes him or her to refuse being drafted into military service. Compare conscientious objector.
adjective
3.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who supports pacifism |
| 2. | a person who refuses military service |
| —adj | |
| 3. | advocating, relating to, or characterized by pacifism |
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Word Origin & History
pacifist
1906, from Fr. pacifiste (see pacifism). Won out over pacificist (1907). Related: Pacifistic.
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Example sentences
The group included locally elected officials, teachers, students and members of pacifist or ecological groups.
He was a pacifist and believed that India should become independent through non-violent actions.
In the process, the self-proclaimed pacifist has become a cinema legend.
Almost all people who are pacifist such as Quakers are so exclusively because of their religious views.
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