noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpæsɪfɪzəm/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The support of peace, specifically:
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The support of peace, specifically:
The ethical avoidance of inflicting harm on others in one's daily life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ahimsa, nonkilling
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The support of peace, specifically:
The combination of the above two philosophical viewpoints.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: roguelikes, video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacificism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belief
6
noun
Meaning 6
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacificism, passivism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
History
Etymology
From French pacifisme, from pacifique; pacific + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pacifizëm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Arabic:
سَلَامِيَّة
(salāmiyya)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Arabic:
سِلْمِيَّة
(silmiyya)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Armenian:
պացիֆիզմ
(pacʻifizm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Azerbaijani:
pasifizm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Belarusian:
пацыфі́зм
(pacyfízm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Bengali:
শান্তিবাদ
(śantibad)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Bulgarian:
пацифи́зъм
(pacifízǎm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Burmese:
ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးဝါဒ
(ngrim:hkyam:re:wada.)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Catalan:
pacifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Chinese Mandarin:
和平主義 /和平主义
(hépíngzhǔyì)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Corsican:
pacifismu
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Czech:
pacifismus
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Danish:
pacifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Dutch:
pacifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Esperanto:
pacismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Estonian:
patsifism
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Finnish:
pasifismi
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Finnish:
rauhanaate
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
French:
pacifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
West-Frisian:
pasifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Galician:
pacifismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Georgian:
პაციფიზმი
(ṗacipizmi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
German:
Pazifismus
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Greek:
ειρηνισμός
(eirinismós)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Greek:
πασιφισμός
(pasifismós)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Hebrew:
פָּצִיפִיזְם
(patsifízm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Hindi:
शान्तिवाद
(śāntivād)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Hindi:
शांतिवाद
(śāntivād)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Hungarian:
pacifizmus
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Irish:
síochánachas
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Italian:
pacifismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Japanese:
平和主義
(heiwashugi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Kazakh:
пацифизм
(pasifizm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Khmer:
សន្តិនិយម
(sɑnteniyum)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Korean:
평화주의
(pyeonghwajuui)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Northern Kurdish:
pasîfîzm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Northern Kurdish:
aştîxwazî
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Northern Kurdish:
şernexwazî
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Kyrgyz:
пацифизм
(patsifizm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Latvian:
pacifisms
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Lithuanian:
pacifizmas
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Macedonian:
пацифи́зам
(pacifízam)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Macedonian:
мирољубивост
(miroljubivost)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Malay:
faham pententeraman
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Malay:
pasifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Mongolian:
пацифизм
(pacifizm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Norwegian Bokmål:
pasifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pasifisme
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Pashto:
صلح پسندي
(solh-psandī)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Persian:
صلحجویی
(solh-juyi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Persian:
صلحطلبی
(solh-talabi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Polish:
pacyfizm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Portuguese:
pacifismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Romanian:
pacifism
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Russian:
пацифи́зм
(pacifízm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Serbo-Croatian:
пацифѝзам
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Serbo-Croatian:
pacifìzam
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Sicilian:
pacifismu
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Sicilian:
pacifìsimu
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Slovak:
pacifizmus
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Slovene:
pacifizem
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Spanish:
pacifismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Swedish:
pacifism
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Tagalog:
pasipismo
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Tajik:
патсифизм
(patsifizm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Tajik:
сулҳҷӯӣ
(sulhjüyi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Tajik:
сулҳталабӣ
(sulhtalabi)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Thai:
สันตินิยม
(sǎn-dtì-ní-yom)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Turkish:
pasifizm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Turkmen:
pasifizm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Ukrainian:
пацифі́зм
(pacyfízm)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Urdu:
اَمْن پَسَنْدی
(amn-pasandī)
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Uzbek:
patsifizm
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa hoà bình
— doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence