English Explanatory Dictionary

pacifist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
  2. One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
  3. One who is anti-war.
  4. One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
  5. A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
adj
  1. Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæsɪfɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pacifist.wav

Word forms

pacifist pacifists pacificist more pacifist most pacifist

Etymology

From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.

Synonyms

dove Gandhist dovish pacific anti-bellicist dovelike irenic irenical non-violent pacifist pacifistic peaceable peaceful unaggressive

Antonyms

bellicist hawk militarist

Related words

pacify pacific

Derived words

antipacifist nonpacifist unpacifist anarcho-pacifist

Translations

Albanian: pacifist Albanian: pacifiste Arabic: مُسَالِم Arabic: مُسَالِمَة Armenian: պացիֆիստ Azerbaijani: pasifist Belarusian: пацыфі́ст Belarusian: пацыфі́стка Bulgarian: пацифи́ст Bulgarian: пацифи́стка Catalan: pacifista Chinese Mandarin: 和平主義者 /和平主义者 Czech: pacifista Czech: pacifistka Danish: pacifist Dutch: pacifist Dutch: pacifiste Dutch: vredestrijder Esperanto: pacifisto Estonian: patsifist Finnish: pasifisti French: pacifiste Galician: pacifista Georgian: პაციფისტი German: Pazifist German: Pazifistin Greek: ειρηνιστής Greek: ειρηνίστρια Greek: πασιφιστής Greek: πασιφίστρια Hebrew: פַּצִיפִיסט Hindi: शांतिवादी Hindi: शान्तिवादी Hungarian: pacifista Icelandic: friðarsinni Irish: síochánaí Italian: pacifista Japanese: 平和主義者 Japanese: 鳩派 Kazakh: пацифист Korean: 평화주의자 Kyrgyz: пацифист Latvian: pacifists Latvian: pacifiste Lithuanian: pacifistas Lithuanian: pacifistė Macedonian: пацифи́ст Macedonian: пацифи́стка Māori: kaiwhakamārie Norwegian Bokmål: pasifist Persian: صلحجو Persian: صلحطلب Plautdietsch: Wäaloosa Polish: pacyfista Polish: pacyfistka Portuguese: pacifista Romanian: pacifist Romanian: pacifistă Russian: пацифи́ст Russian: пацифи́стка Russian: миролю́б
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