DOVISH Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

dovish

adjective

as in pacifistic

inclined to live in peace and to avoid war the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go

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Such worms took on the characterization of a prankster, like the WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers), which plagued NASA computers with pacifist messages in 1989 and deceived users into believing their files were being deleted.

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
Jeane Kirkpatrick, President Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy adviser and later U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was never known for pacifist views.

Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2011

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