anti-war
adjective
an·ti-war
ˌan-tē-ˈwȯr 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antiwar
: opposed to war
anti-war demonstrations
antiwar activists
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Moments of levity early in the film, as when the protagonists engage in gallows humor, become increasingly rare as the Kremlin cracks down on independent news media and scattered anti-war demonstrations in the streets.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2025
Warfare Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is an admirable attempt to counter the truism that there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie — that all war movies, however gruesome or wrenching, effectively (and often unwittingly) wind up glamorizing combat to some degree.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
On a sweltering August afternoon in 1918, on the fourth floor of a hat factory on east 93rd Street in Manhattan, a young Russian immigrant named Hyman Rosansky tossed anti-war flyers out the window to the street below.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Anarchists were indicted on sedition charges for procuring weapons, distributing anti-war propaganda and encouraging people to resist obligatory military service.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2025
Warfare Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is an admirable attempt to counter the truism that there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie — that all war movies, however gruesome or wrenching, effectively (and often unwittingly) wind up glamorizing combat to some degree.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
On a sweltering August afternoon in 1918, on the fourth floor of a hat factory on east 93rd Street in Manhattan, a young Russian immigrant named Hyman Rosansky tossed anti-war flyers out the window to the street below.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Anarchists were indicted on sedition charges for procuring weapons, distributing anti-war propaganda and encouraging people to resist obligatory military service.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-war
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“Anti-war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-war. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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