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Definition of Pacificist

1. Noun. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.

Definition of Pacificist

1. Noun. (alternative form of pacifist) ¹

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Definition of Pacificist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacificist

Literary usage of Pacificist

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

1. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"They appear to be recklessly speculating on the chances of a pacificist rôle conciliating the sympathy of neutrals. They count on the odds that they may ..."

2. German Conspiracies in America: From an American Point of View by William Henry Skaggs (1915)
"... CHAPTER XVI pacificist PROPAGANDA " THE German nation has found itself again, and its oneness of mind is symbolized in the Kaiser. ..."

3. Anti-suffrage Essays by Ernest Bernbaum (1916)
"Schimmer, professional suffragist-pacificist, who had persuaded him to ... Their intrusion into the pacificist camp has brought discredit not only upon ..."

4. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"Is that a pacificist journal ? ... Is he not well known in England as a pacificist ? Mr. MILLER. I do not know. ..."

5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"14, and most of the members sailed for home the next day. " PACIFIST " AND " pacificist " ROBERT L. SMITH calls our attention to the fact that, ..."

6. Nationalism, War and Society: A Study of Nationalism and Its Concomitant by Edward Benjamin Krehbiel (1916)
""These facts and forces are there," says the critic in effect, "and your pacificist won't recognize them." It never seems to occur to him that the ..."

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