pacifism
noun
pac·i·fism
ˈpa-sə-ˌfi-zəm 
1
: opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes
specifically
: refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds
For Quakers pacifism is a major tenet of belief.
2
: an attitude or policy of nonresistance
efforts toward pacifism and civil rights
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Wells, a Fabian socialist like George Bernard Shaw, wrote a speculative treatise that predicted the ecology movement, the arms race, socialist pacifism, and WWII.
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Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
Their founding leader, an Englishwoman named Ann Lee, preached Quaker ideals, like pacifism and gender equality, but added collective ownership, a work ethic to embarrass Balzac, and, trickiest of all for a utopia trying to grow, celibacy.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
China test-fires ICBM with 'dummy' warhead, after Biden touts US relationship with Japan, South Korea
The decision to send the Sazanami through the strait is significant given Japan’s decades of post-war pacifism.
—Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Gaines the younger had more than laughs and frights on his mind, however; woven into EC Comics were progressive ideals around racial equality, pacifism, environmentalism and the existential nuclear-age dread rarely spoken of in the placid, conformist 1950s.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
Their founding leader, an Englishwoman named Ann Lee, preached Quaker ideals, like pacifism and gender equality, but added collective ownership, a work ethic to embarrass Balzac, and, trickiest of all for a utopia trying to grow, celibacy.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
China test-fires ICBM with 'dummy' warhead, after Biden touts US relationship with Japan, South Korea
The decision to send the Sazanami through the strait is significant given Japan’s decades of post-war pacifism.
—Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Gaines the younger had more than laughs and frights on his mind, however; woven into EC Comics were progressive ideals around racial equality, pacifism, environmentalism and the existential nuclear-age dread rarely spoken of in the placid, conformist 1950s.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Pacifism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pacifism. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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pacifism
noun
pac·i·fism
ˈpas-ə-ˌfiz-əm
: opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes
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