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Pacifism   /pˈæsɪfˌɪzəm/   Listen
Pacifism

noun
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.  Synonyms: pacificism, passivism.
2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.  Synonym: pacificism.






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"Pacifism" Quotes from Famous Books



... "civilized" nations of the world, with their blockades, their poison gases, their bombs, submarines, and negro armies, will probably destroy each other within the next hundred years, leaving the stage to those whose pacifism has kept them alive, though poor and powerless. If China can avoid being goaded into war, her oppressors may wear themselves out in the end, and leave the Chinese free to pursue humane ends, instead of the war and rapine and destruction which all ...
— The Problem of China • Bertrand Russell



Words linked to "Pacifism" :   doctrine, philosophy, passivism, ism, belief, philosophical system, pacifistic, school of thought, pacifist, pacificism



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