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Pacifism   Listen
noun
pacifism  n.  
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
Synonyms: passivism.
2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pacifism" Quotes from Famous Books



... found amongst its members, particularly in Central Europe. At the inaugural meeting of the Austrian group it was stated that 80 per cent. of those present were of the Jewish race. The keynote of Clarte is Internationalism—abolition of nationality, destruction of frontiers, and pacifism or rather the substitution of class warfare for war between nations. For this purpose it is willing to make use of all subversive doctrines, to whatever school of thought they may belong. Hence, although the creed of the leaders is professedly Socialism, they readily co-operate ...
— Secret Societies And Subversive Movements • Nesta H. Webster

... however, in Christianity the most unrealizable ideal is that which may be called pacifism—to resist not evil, to turn the other cheek, to agree with your adversary while you are in the way with him. "I come not," said Jesus, in one of those paradoxical statements hitherto so difficult to understand, "I come not to bring peace, ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill



Words linked to "Pacifism" :   belief, pacifist, pacificism, pacifistic, doctrine, passivism, philosophy, ism, school of thought, philosophical system



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