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pacifist
Part of speech: NounOne who opposes war; one who believes in, and works for, peace between the nations; a peace- maker; an opponent of militarism.
Usage examples "pacifist":- She was called by some a Pacificist, by more a Pacifist, by others a Pro- German, by most a member of the Union of Democratic Control, which she was not, for reasons which she was ready to explain, but which need not be here detailed. - "Non-combatants and Others", Rose Macaulay.
- And you were once a pacifist! - "The Devil's Paw", E. Phillips Oppenheim.
- A sense of patriotism carried one section- the Majority Socialists- first into countenancing and then into supporting the Government; while pacifist sentiment against war in general, and this war in particular, carried the minority into more obstinate opposition. - "The New Germany", George Young.