pacifist
Opponent of warfare
A pacifist is someone who opposes war and violence, often refusing to participate in military action on moral or religious grounds.
The term can describe a principled stance She's a committed pacifist or be used dismissively to suggest weakness or naivety Don't be such a pacifist—sometimes you have to fight back.
As an adjective, pacifist describes beliefs or movements: pacifist ideals, pacifist organizations.
Public expression of disapproval
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- demonstratorOne who protests publicly
- marchRhythmic group walk
boycott · petition · civil disobedience · grassroots · vigil · sit-in · picket · solidarity
Opposed to armed conflict
- antimilitaristOpponent of military power
- war resistanceOpposition to armed conflict
- draft resistanceOpposition to mandatory military service
- objectorOne who formally disagrees
refusal · noncompliance · noncooperation · dissent · defiance · resistance · counterculture · protest movement
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- détenteEasing of strained relations
accord · truce · disarmament · demilitarization · neutrality · mediation · negotiation · peacekeeping
Principled rejection of force
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- peacemakingResolving conflicts through negotiation
reconciliation · forgiveness · tolerance · compassion · empathy · coexistence · harmony · conciliation
Indian independence leader
- Martin Luther KingCivil rights movement leader
- QuakerSociety of Friends member
- Thoreau19th-century American naturalist-essayist
- JainIndian faith emphasizing nonviolence
Tolstoy · Mennonite · Amish · Buddhist · Desmond Tutu · Dalai Lama · Bertrand Russell · Albert Einstein
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- demonstratorOne who protests publicly
march · boycott · petition · civil disobedience · grassroots · vigil · sit-in · picket · solidarity · human rights
antiwar
Opposed to armed conflict
- antimilitaristOpponent of military power
- war resistanceOpposition to armed conflict
- draft resistanceOpposition to mandatory military service
objector · refusal · noncompliance · noncooperation · dissent · defiance · resistance · counterculture · protest movement · conscription
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
détente · accord · truce · disarmament · demilitarization · neutrality · mediation · negotiation · peacekeeping · peacebuilding
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
peacemaking · reconciliation · forgiveness · tolerance · compassion · empathy · coexistence · harmony · conciliation · understanding
Gandhi
Indian independence leader
- Martin Luther KingCivil rights movement leader
- QuakerSociety of Friends member
- Thoreau19th-century American naturalist-essayist
Tolstoy · Jain · Mennonite · Amish · Buddhist · Desmond Tutu · Dalai Lama · Bertrand Russell · Albert Einstein
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
- war resistersconscientious objector, draft resister, draft dodger, draft evader, antimilitarist
- peacepeaceful, peacefully, dove, dove release, olive branch
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- peacemakerspeacekeeper, peacemaker, peacebuilders, peacenik, diplomats
pacifistwarmonger
Advocate for armed conflict
militarist · hawk · bellicist · jingo · war hawk
pacifistbelligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
bellicose · combative · pugnacious · aggressive · warlike
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- Central PacificRailroad from California eastward
- Pacific coastWestern North American seaboard
- South PacificOcean region near Oceania
- Pacific islandsArchipelagos in largest ocean
- The PacificEarth's largest ocean
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