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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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.
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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
Before that, in February 1930, Frick had issued an injunction against Erich Maria Remarque’s famous anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, which had been published in spring 1929 and quickly become a bestseller.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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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
Before that, in February 1930, Frick had issued an injunction against Erich Maria Remarque’s famous anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, which had been published in spring 1929 and quickly become a bestseller.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Anti-war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-war. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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