anti-conscription
Against compulsory service
Anti-conscription describes opposition to mandatory military service.
The term appears in discussions of draft resistance movements and political positions against compulsory enlistment: anti-conscription protests during the Vietnam War, an anti-conscription platform.
Someone who is anti-conscription believes military service should be voluntary rather than required by the state.
Antiwar moral stance
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
bodily autonomy · moral objection · religious exemption · Quakerism · Anabaptist · freedom of conscience · self-ownership · coercion
Public expression of disapproval
- draft resistanceOpposition to mandatory military service
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- rallyGathering for a cause
petition · conscientious objection · leaflet · march · campaign · sit-in · vigil · boycott
Cold-era Indochina military engagement
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- Easter RisingIrish anti-British insurrection, 1916
- EurekaCalifornia coastal city
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
Irish · Australian · white feather · tribunal · Quaker · Mennonite · absolutist · Wobblies
One who avoids compulsory enlistment
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- selective serviceCompulsory military enrollment system
war resisters · dissent · opposition · legislation · referendum · reform · abolition · voluntarism
pacifism
Antiwar moral stance
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
individualism · bodily autonomy · moral objection · religious exemption · Quakerism · Anabaptist · freedom of conscience · self-ownership · coercion · human rights
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- draft resistanceOpposition to mandatory military service
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
rally · petition · conscientious objection · leaflet · march · campaign · sit-in · vigil · boycott · draft card burning
Vietnam War
Cold-era Indochina military engagement
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- Easter RisingIrish anti-British insurrection, 1916
- EurekaCalifornia coastal city
Quebec · Irish · Australian · white feather · tribunal · Quaker · Mennonite · absolutist · Wobblies · Muhammad Ali
draft dodger
One who avoids compulsory enlistment
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
selective service · war resisters · dissent · opposition · legislation · referendum · reform · abolition · voluntarism · antimilitarism
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