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anti-war

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Opposed to war, or to a specific war.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antibellicose, antimartial, pacific, pacifist

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From anti- + war.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հակապատերազմական (hakapaterazmakan) — opposed to war
  • Belarusian: антывае́нны (antyvajénny) — opposed to war
  • Bulgarian: антивое́нен (antivoénen) — opposed to war
  • Catalan: antibel·licista — opposed to war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反戰 /反战 (fǎnzhàn) — opposed to war
  • Czech: protiválečný — opposed to war
  • Finnish: sodanvastainen — opposed to war
  • French: anti-guerre — opposed to war
  • Georgian: ომის საწინააღმდეგო (omis sac̣inaaɣmdego) — opposed to war
  • Georgian: პაციფისტური (ṗacipisṭuri) — opposed to war
  • German: Antikriegs- — opposed to war
  • Greek: αντιπολεμικός (antipolemikós) — opposed to war
  • Hungarian: háborúellenes — opposed to war
  • Italian: antibellicista — opposed to war
  • Japanese: 反戦 (hansen) — opposed to war
  • Korean: 반전 (banjeon) — opposed to war
  • Lithuanian: antikarinis — opposed to war
  • Macedonian: антивоен (antivoen) — opposed to war
  • Māori: ātete pakanga — opposed to war
  • Polish: antywojenny — opposed to war
  • Portuguese: antibélico — opposed to war
  • Romanian: împotriva războiului — opposed to war
  • Russian: антивое́нный (antivojénnyj) — opposed to war
  • Serbo-Croatian: антира̀тнӣ — opposed to war
  • Serbo-Croatian: antiràtnī — opposed to war
  • Slovak: protivojnový — opposed to war
  • Slovene: protivojen — opposed to war
  • Turkish: savaş karşıtı — opposed to war
  • Ukrainian: антивоє́нний (antyvojénnyj) — opposed to war
  • Vietnamese: phản chiến — opposed to war
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