pacifism
Opposition to warfare
Pacifism is opposition to war and violence as means of settling disputes.
A pacifist believes conflicts should be resolved through peaceful means—negotiation, diplomacy, nonviolent resistance.
The commitment ranges from personal refusal to bear arms to broader political opposition to military action: His pacifism led him to register as a conscientious objector.
Some pacifists oppose all violence; others make exceptions for self-defense.
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
civil disobedience · conscientious objection · draft resistance · war resistance · petition · boycott · rally · campaign
Hindu principle of harmlessness
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
de-escalation · gentleness · forbearance · restraint · conciliation · dialogue · mediation · diplomacy
Study of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- convictionFirmly held belief
- conscienceInternal moral sense
scruples · integrity · dissent · objection · antimilitarism · humanitarianism · idealism · utopianism
Society of Friends member
- QuakerismReligious Society of Friends
- MennoniteAnabaptist Christian denomination
- AmishTraditional simple-living sect
- BrethrenCertain Anabaptist denominations
Jain · Buddhist · testimony · nonresistance · conscientious objector · Anabaptist · Tolstoyan · Gandhian
Sixties counterculture member
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
communalism · antiestablishment · Woodstock · freethinker · radicalism · sixties · dropout · alternative lifestyle
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
sit-in · civil disobedience · conscientious objection · draft resistance · war resistance · petition · boycott · rally · campaign · advocacy
ahimsa
Hindu principle of harmlessness
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
disarmament · de-escalation · gentleness · forbearance · restraint · conciliation · dialogue · mediation · diplomacy · reconciliation
ethics
Study of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- convictionFirmly held belief
conscience · scruples · integrity · dissent · objection · antimilitarism · humanitarianism · idealism · utopianism · internationalism
Quaker
Society of Friends member
- QuakerismReligious Society of Friends
- MennoniteAnabaptist Christian denomination
- AmishTraditional simple-living sect
Brethren · Jain · Buddhist · testimony · nonresistance · conscientious objector · Anabaptist · Tolstoyan · Gandhian · peacebuilding
hippie
Sixties counterculture member
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
counterculture · communalism · antiestablishment · Woodstock · freethinker · radicalism · sixties · dropout · alternative lifestyle
- AnabaptistsMennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Mennonite, Menno Simons
- Quaker Pacifismnonviolence, conscientious objection, war resistance, testimonies
- QuakersFriends, Quakerism, Quaker meetings, William Penn, inner light
- peacepeaceful, peacefully, dove, dove release, olive branch
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
pacifismmilitarism
Pro-force national policy
warmongering · hawkishness · jingoism · interventionism · belligerence
pacifismviolence
Harmful physical force
aggression · armed struggle · terrorism · combativeness · militancy
pacifismbelligerence
Warlike aggression
aggressiveness · pugnacity · combativeness · bellicosity · hostility
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- Central PacificRailroad from California eastward
- Pacific coastWestern North American seaboard
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- The PacificEarth's largest ocean
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