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/ˈpæsɪfɪst/
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Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dovish, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenic, irenical, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, unaggressive
Antonyms: none provided
One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dove, Gandhist
Antonyms: bellicist, hawk, militarist
One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dove, Gandhist
Antonyms: bellicist, hawk, militarist
One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
One who is anti-war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dove, Gandhist
Antonyms: bellicist, hawk, militarist
One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dove, Gandhist
Antonyms: bellicist, hawk, militarist
A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
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Topics: roguelikes, video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacificist, disarmer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adult, grownup
Narrower terms: dove, peacenik
From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.
Across languages
Translations 117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Albanian :
pacifiste
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Arabic :
مُسَالِم
(musālim)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Arabic :
مُسَالِمَة
(musālima)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Armenian :
պացիֆիստ
(pacʻifist)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Azerbaijani :
pasifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Belarusian :
пацыфі́ст
(pacyfíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Belarusian :
пацыфі́стка
(pacyfístka)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Bulgarian :
пацифи́ст
(pacifíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Bulgarian :
пацифи́стка
(pacifístka)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Catalan :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Chinese Mandarin :
和平主義者 /和平主义者
(hépíngzhǔyìzhě)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Czech :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Czech :
pacifistka
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Danish :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Dutch :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Dutch :
pacifiste
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Dutch :
vredestrijder
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Esperanto :
pacifisto
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Estonian :
patsifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Finnish :
pasifisti
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
French :
pacifiste
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Galician :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Georgian :
პაციფისტი
(ṗacipisṭi)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
German :
Pazifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
German :
Pazifistin
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Greek :
ειρηνιστής
(eirinistís)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Greek :
ειρηνίστρια
(eirinístria)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Greek :
πασιφιστής
(pasifistís)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Greek :
πασιφίστρια
(pasifístria)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Hebrew :
פַּצִיפִיסט
(patsifíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Hindi :
शांतिवादी
(śāntivādī)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Hindi :
शान्तिवादी
(śāntivādī)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Hungarian :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Icelandic :
friðarsinni
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Irish :
síochánaí
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Italian :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Japanese :
平和主義者
(heiwashugisha)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Japanese :
鳩派
(hatoha)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Kazakh :
пацифист
(pasifist)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Korean :
평화주의자
(pyeonghwajuuija)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Kyrgyz :
пацифист
(patsifist)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Latvian :
pacifists
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Latvian :
pacifiste
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Lithuanian :
pacifistas
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Lithuanian :
pacifistė
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Macedonian :
пацифи́ст
(pacifíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Macedonian :
пацифи́стка
(pacifístka)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Māori :
kaiwhakamārie
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Norwegian Bokmål :
pasifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Persian :
صلحجو
(solh-ju)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Persian :
صلحطلب
(solh-talab)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Plautdietsch :
Wäaloosa
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Polish :
pacyfista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Polish :
pacyfistka
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Portuguese :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Romanian :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Romanian :
pacifistă
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Russian :
пацифи́ст
(pacifíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Russian :
пацифи́стка
(pacifístka)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Russian :
миролю́б
(miroljúb)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Serbo-Croatian :
пацѝфист
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Serbo-Croatian :
пацѝфисткиња
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Serbo-Croatian :
pacìfist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Serbo-Croatian :
pacìfistkinja
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Slovak :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Slovak :
pacifistka
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Slovene :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Slovene :
pacifistka
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Spanish :
pacifista
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Swedish :
pacifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Tajik :
патсифист
(patsifist)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Tajik :
сулҳҷу
(sulhju)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Tajik :
сулҳҷуй
(sulhjuy)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Tajik :
сулхпарвар
(sulxparvar)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Tajik :
сулҳталаб
(sulhtalab)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Turkish :
pasifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Ukrainian :
пацифі́ст
(pacyfíst)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Ukrainian :
пацифі́стка
(pacyfístka)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Ukrainian :
миролю́бець
(myroljúbecʹ)
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Uzbek :
patsifist
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Welsh :
heddychwr
— one who loves, supports, or favours peace
Armenian :
պացիֆիստ
(pacʻifist)
— one who avoids violence
Finnish :
pasifisti
— one who avoids violence
Galician :
pacifista
— one who avoids violence
Greek :
ειρηνιστής
(eirinistís)
— one who avoids violence
Irish :
síochánaí
— one who avoids violence
Italian :
pacifista
— one who avoids violence
Japanese :
穏健派
(onkenha)
— one who avoids violence
Latin :
imbellis
— one who avoids violence
Portuguese :
pacifista
— one who avoids violence
Russian :
пацифи́ст
(pacifíst)
— one who avoids violence
Russian :
пацифи́стка
(pacifístka)
— one who avoids violence
Russian :
миролю́б
(miroljúb)
— one who avoids violence
Swedish :
pacifist
— one who avoids violence
Ukrainian :
пацифі́ст
(pacyfíst)
— one who avoids violence
Ukrainian :
пацифі́стка
(pacyfístka)
— one who avoids violence
Ukrainian :
миролю́бець
(myroljúbecʹ)
— one who avoids violence
Armenian :
պացիֆիստ
(pacʻifist)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Dutch :
vredestrijder
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Finnish :
pasifisti
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Galician :
pacifista
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Georgian :
პაციფისტი
(ṗacipisṭi)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
German :
Kriegsgegner
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
German :
Kriegsgegnerin
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Greek :
ειρηνιστής
(eirinistís)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Irish :
síochánaí
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Italian :
pacifista
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Japanese :
平和主義者
(heiwashugisha)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Japanese :
鳩派
(hatoha)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Plautdietsch :
Wäaloosa
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Portuguese :
pacifista
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Russian :
пацифи́ст
(pacifíst)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Russian :
пацифи́стка
(pacifístka)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Russian :
миролю́б
(miroljúb)
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Swedish :
pacifist
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
Welsh :
heddychwr
— one who opposes violence and is anti-war
