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pacifism

/pas-uh-fiz-uhm/US // ˈpæs əˌfɪz əm //UK // (ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm) //

和平主义,平和主义,和平主义者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : opposition to war or violence of any kind.
    • : refusal to engage in military activity because of one's principles or beliefs.
    • : the principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to war.

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Examples

  • Some of it, historian Frank Biess explains, was simply pacifism.

  • Mother goes in for public things—very strong on woman suffrage, charities, uplift, and pacifism.

  • Minding your own business leads to pacifism, malevolent neutrality, selfishness of every sort.

  • He was carrying his lily-livered pacifism right to the White House, and I couldn't see it.

  • Cramb tells us that all recent centuries have had their doctrines of pacifism, each century having its own characteristic variety.

  • The reason why pacifism is ineffectual is because it is an intellectual theory, which does not build on instinct.