Pacifist

Posted : admin | On 30-04-2021



I have a pacifist friend who says that he can, that a dog acting against an intruder is just doing what dogs do, and nature can't be violent or aggressive, it just 'is'. In my view, everyone knows what a dog will do to an intruder, and if you put a dog in a situation where it could act violently against an intruder, you are complicit with that. Answer: Pacifism is opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. Pacifists refuse, on moral or religious grounds, to bear arms or engage in any type of physical resistance. They believe that all disputes can and should be settled in peaceful, non-violent ways. Pacifists are usually conscientious objectors in times of war.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Frenchpacifiste

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæsɪfɪst/

Noun[edit]

pacifist (pluralpacifists)

  1. One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
    Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists.
  2. One who prefers to avoid violence.
  3. One who opposes violence and is anti-war.
    • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
      No matter what pacifist 'flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles' might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
  4. (video games,roguelikes) A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.

Undertale Pacifist Walkthrough

Adjective[edit]

pacifist (comparativemore pacifist, superlativemost pacifist)

Pacifists definition
  1. Of or relating to pacifism.
    • 2010, Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, Charles M. Collier, Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas's 70th Birthday, Wipf and Stock Publishers (→ISBN), page 129
      Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (one who loves, supports, or favours peace):dove, Gandhist

Antonyms[edit]

  • (one who loves, supports, or favours peace):bellicist, militarist, hawk

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Translations[edit]

  • Arabic: مُسَالِم‎ m(musālim)
  • Armenian: պացիֆիստ(hy)(pacʿifist)
  • Catalan: pacifistam or f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 和平主義者, 和平主义者(hépíngzhǔyìzhě)
  • Esperanto: pacifisto
  • Finnish: pasifisti(fi)
  • French: pacifiste(fr)m or f
  • Georgian: პაციფისტი(ṗacipisṭi)
  • German: Pazifist(de), Pazifistin(de)f
  • Greek: ειρηνιστής(el)m(eirinistís)
  • Irish: síochánaím
  • Italian: pacifista(it)
  • Japanese: 平和主義者(heiwashugisha), 鳩派(hatoha)
  • Maori: kaiwhakamārie
  • Plautdietsch: Wäaloosam
  • Portuguese: pacifista(pt)m
  • Russian: пацифи́ст(ru)m(pacifíst), пацифи́стка(ru)f(pacifístka)
  • Spanish: pacifistam or f
  • Swedish: pacifist(sv)c
  • Armenian: պացիֆիստ(hy)(pacʿifist)
  • Finnish: pasifisti(fi)
  • Greek: ειρηνιστής(el)m(eirinistís)
  • Irish: síochánaím
  • Italian: pacifista(it)
  • Japanese: 穏健派(onkenha)
  • Latin: imbellis
  • Portuguese: pacifista(pt)m
  • Swedish: pacifist(sv)c
  • Armenian: պացիֆիստ(hy)(pacʿifist)
  • Finnish: pasifisti(fi)
  • Georgian: პაციფისტი(ṗacipisṭi)
  • German: Kriegsgegner(de)m, Kriegsgegnerin(de)f
  • Greek: ειρηνιστής(el)m(eirinistís)
  • Irish: síochánaím
  • Italian: pacifista(it)
  • Japanese: 平和主義者(heiwashugisha), 鳩派(hatoha)
  • Plautdietsch: Wäaloosam
  • Portuguese: pacifista(pt)m
  • Swedish: pacifist(sv)c
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  • Icelandic: (please verify)friðarsinni(is)n

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pacifist Definition

Borrowed from Frenchpacifiste or Englishpacifist.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.siˈfɪst/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧fist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun[edit]

pacifistm (pluralpacifisten, femininepacifiste)

  1. A pacifist.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Frenchpacifiste

Noun[edit]

pacifistm (pluralpacifiști)

Declension[edit]

singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) pacifistpacifistul(niște) pacifiștipacifiștii
genitive/dative(unui) pacifistpacifistului(unor) pacifiștipacifiștilor
vocativepacifistulepacifiștilor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

pacìfistm (Cyrillic spellingпацѝфист)

Declension[edit]

singularplural
nominativepacifistpacifisti
genitivepacifistapacifista
dativepacifistupacifistima
accusativepacifistapacifiste
vocativepacifistepacifisti
locativepacifistupacifistima
instrumentalpacifistmopacifistima

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

pacifistc

Declension[edit]

Declension of pacifist
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativepacifistpacifistenpacifisterpacifisterna
Genitivepacifistspacifistenspacifisterspacifisternas

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