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Definition of Pacifistic
1. Adjective. Opposed to war.
Similar to: Peaceable, Peaceful
Derivative terms: Dovishness, Pacifist, Pacifism, Pacifism
Definition of Pacifistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''pacifism''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pacifistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacifistic
Literary usage of Pacifistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. National Security League: Hearings Before a Special Committee of the House (1918)
"Too soft a pacifistic or social philosopher. I did not say we did not want a
social philosopher. Mr. BROWNE. What would you call a "soft social philosopher? ..."
2. Invention, the Master-key to Progress by Bradley Allen Fiske (1921)
"sault, the pacifistic by insuring weakness of resistance to assault. Of these,
the pacifistic is the more dangerous, because the more insidious; ..."
3. Invention, the Master-key to Progress by Bradley Allen Fiske (1921)
"sault, the pacifistic by insuring weakness of resistance to assault. Of these,
the pacifistic is the more dangerous, because the more insidious; ..."
4. The Collapse of Capitalism by Herman Cahn (1918)
"At that critical moment united action of the International would not have been
pacifistic, but revolutionary, while at present the demand for "peace by ..."
5. From Midshipman to Rear-Admiral by Bradley Allen Fiske (1919)
"The pacifistic attitude of the Bolsheviki, and the licking they are therefore
receiving, is a lesson for our pacifists, and is the kind of a result that ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"On 14 July 1916 he was deprived of his lectureship at Trinity on account of his
pacifistic activities, ..."
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