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pacifist

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pac⋅i⋅fist

  [pas-uh-fist]
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–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. pacifistic.
Origin:
1905–10; < F pacifiste. See pacific, -ist
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pac·i·fism   (pās'ə-fĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. The belief that disputes between nations should and can be settled peacefully.

    1. Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes.

    2. Such opposition demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action.


[French pacifisme, from pacifique, pacific; see pacific.]
pac'i·fist n., pac'i·fis'tic adj., pac'i·fis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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