war resistance
Opposition to conflict
War resistance is opposition to war, especially through organized refusal to participate in military service or support military efforts.
The term encompasses conscientious objection, draft evasion, pacifist activism, and civil disobedience aimed at preventing or ending armed conflict: The Quakers have a long tradition of war resistance.
War resisters may face legal penalties or social stigma for their stance.
- peace movementCampaign advocating nonviolent resolution
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- anti-militarismOpposition to armed forces
- whistleblowingExposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- desertionUnlawful abandonment of duty
refusenik · laying down arms · diplomacy · anti-war protests · protest march · peace vigil · civil disobedience · acts of defiance · boycotts · conscientious objection · mediation · nonviolence · human rights · draft dodger · draft card burning · international solidarity · sanctions · grassroots organizing
- peacepeace, peaceful, peacefully, peace sign, peace symbol
- nonviolencenonviolence, pacifism, harmlessness, nonviolent, peaceful
- Sixties Activismanti-war movement, anti-war protests, campus protests, counterculture, peace movement
- Quaker Pacifismnonviolence, pacifism, conscientious objection, testimonies
- Tolstoyismnonviolence, pacifism, simple living, nonresistance, Sermon on the Mount
- VietnamVietnam, Saigon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang
war resistancemilitarism
Pro-force national policy
warmongering · hawkishness · jingoism · belligerence · saber-rattling
war resistanceenlistment
Voluntary entry into service
military service · troop mobilization · patriotic duty · national service