Synonyms for pacifist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pas-uh-fist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ə fɪst


Définition of pacifist

Origin :
  • 1903, from French pacifiste (see pacifism). Related: Pacifistic (1902).
  • noun peace-lover
Example sentences :
  • There is no place for the pacifist in the minds of these apologists of the heroic order.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • No statement of this kind is unbiased, for the pacifist has his own bias.
  • Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton
  • Every human being with common sense was a pacifist when the war started.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • A man can be a pacifist all right until his head has been punched.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • We have no knowledge of pacifist utterances of representative Germans of any time.
  • Extract from : « Gems (?) of German Thought » by Various
  • He's a great lecturer, but he's a pacifist—the only one on the faculty—and a friend of Dora's.
  • Extract from : « Ramsey Milholland » by Booth Tarkington
  • It is only a year or so ago that I was just such a pacifist as he.
  • Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French
  • Have not pacifist mass meetings been known to break up in a row?
  • Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
  • Pacifist—they can't even throw their absurdities into decent English!
  • Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna
  • Lichnowsky was a friend of England, but he was no pacifist or "little German."
  • Extract from : « My Mission to London 1912-1914 » by Prince Lichnowsky

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