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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-shee-en-shuh s uh b-jek-ter, kon-see‐
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs əbˈdʒɛk tər, ˌkɒn si‐



Définition of conscientious objector

Origin :
  • 1896, in reference to those with religious scruples about mandatory vaccination. Military sense predominated from World War I.
  • After a chequered career full of startling episodes and reversals, the Vaccination Bill becomes virtually the Vaccination Act. In Parliament the hottest of the contest centred round the conscientious objector. [The Lancet, Aug. 13, 1898]
  • noun pacifist
Example sentences :
  • When the World War came he declared himself a conscientious objector.
  • Extract from : « Blue Ridge Country » by Jean Thomas
  • The girls always surmised that he must be a conscientious objector.
  • Extract from : « A Patriotic Schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
  • "It hasn't turned me into a conscientious objector, if you mean that," he said.
  • Extract from : « Up and Down » by Edward Frederic Benson
  • I mean I wouldn't fight; I'm a conscientious objector to war.
  • Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair
  • Parliament made a mistake in ever giving a statutory exemption to the conscientious objector.
  • Extract from : « Punch, 1917.07.04, Vol. 153, Issue No. 1 » by Various
  • The problem of the slacker and of the conscientious objector, although vexatious, was never serious.
  • Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour
  • A figure in the splay of the E. window has been carefully erased by some "conscientious objector."
  • Extract from : « Somerset » by G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
  • Sir Frederick Banbury once more appeared in his favourite character of the conscientious objector.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916 » by Various
  • The prudery of some conscientious objector to the word “wretch” has caused it to be almost obliterated.
  • Extract from : « The Smugglers » by Charles G. Harper
  • Of course every shirker, every coward and slacker in the country decided at once to be a conscientious objector.
  • Extract from : « War and the Future » by H. G. Wells

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