anti-war
Against armed conflict
Anti-war describes opposition to war, particularly a specific ongoing or proposed conflict: anti-war protests, anti-war activists.
The term gained prominence during the Vietnam era but applies to any organized resistance to military action.
Someone who is anti-war opposes a particular war; a pacifist opposes all war on principle.
Principled rejection of force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- doveGentle cooing bird
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
diplomacy · reconciliation · peacemaking · peacebuilding · noncombatant · neutrality · détente · conciliation
Public display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
vigil · teach-in · moratorium · die-in · boycott · blockade · occupation · picketing
Hindu principle of harmlessness
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- GandhianAdvocating nonviolent resistance
- QuakerSociety of Friends member
- MennoniteAnabaptist Christian denomination
Jain · Buddhist · internationalism · cosmopolitanism · humanitarianism
One who abandons duty
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
sanctuary · exile · defiance · insubordination · mutiny · sedition · subversion · samizdat
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- doveGentle cooing bird
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
demilitarization · diplomacy · reconciliation · peacemaking · peacebuilding · noncombatant · neutrality · détente · conciliation · dialogue
demonstration
Public display of opinion
sit-in · vigil · teach-in · moratorium · die-in · boycott · blockade · occupation · picketing · whistleblower
ahimsa
Hindu principle of harmlessness
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- GandhianAdvocating nonviolent resistance
- QuakerSociety of Friends member
Mennonite · Jain · Buddhist · internationalism · cosmopolitanism · humanitarianism
dove
Gentle cooing bird
- olive-branchSymbol of reconciliation
deserter
One who abandons duty
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
underground · sanctuary · exile · defiance · insubordination · mutiny · sedition · subversion · samizdat · clandestine
- Student Protestssit-in, walkout, demonstration, campus activism, student movement
- Mohismuniversal love, frugality, meritocracy, consequentialism, impartiality
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
- peace movementspacifism, nonviolence, peace activism, peace activist, peace activists
- Political Movementsfeminism, environmentalism, conservatism, liberalism, populism
anti-warpro-war
Favoring military intervention
warmongering · bellicose · militaristic · hawkish · belligerent
anti-warhawkish
Favoring aggressive action
interventionist · neoconservative · war hawk · imperialist · expansionist