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pacifist
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PACIFIST
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war <the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict>
Related Words irenic, nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, noncombative, unaggressive, unwarlike; antimilitarist, antimilitaristic, antiviolence, antiwar; calm, mild, neutral, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, genial, gentle, kind, kindly; submissive, yielding
Near Antonyms militarist, militaristic; aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent; antagonistic, argumentative, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile, hot-tempered
Variants of PACIFIST
pacifist or pacifistic
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