pacifist
IPA: pˈæsɪfɪst
noun
- One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
- One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
- One who is anti-war.
- One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
- (video games, roguelikes) A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
adjective
- Of or relating to pacifism.
Examples of "pacifist" in Sentences
- So he is pacifist sometimes and warmonger sometimes.
- He was a pacifist and member of the Peace Pledge Union.
- The events of the World War I turned him into a pacifist.
- The hissing became more pronounced during the pacifist themes.
- Among the group members, he is the pacifist and most understanding.
- But in spite of this, he and his friends remain the zealous pacifists.
- Neilson, a pacifist, resigned on principle in the first year of the war.
- As the world teetered on the brink of war, it often took a pacifist tone.
- In the 1970s, he was heavily involved in the pacifist peace movement in Norway.
- In 1899, she was the main organizer of an international pacifist demonstration.