PACIFISM


Meaning of PACIFISM in English

■ noun the belief that disputes should be settled by peaceful means and that war and violence are unjustifiable.

Derivatives

pacifist noun & adjective

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Fr. ~e , from pacifier 'pacify'.

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