antimilitaristic

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  1. antiwar
  2. nonaggressive
  3. neutral
  4. unwarlike
  5. mild
  6. nonbelligerent
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  • Additionally, some antiwar politicians were imprisoned or forced to flee abroad ahead of the campaign.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Not only have party politics vanished from Russia without much visible objection, there is no antiwar movement at all.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of antiwar
Adjective
  • Beavers are considered nonaggressive animals and typically avoid human contact.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • These solitary, nonaggressive bees use small pieces of leaves to build their nests, causing only cosmetic harm to the plant.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of nonaggressive
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  • As Pate explains - seemingly every week - the JP Poll power rates teams based on whether or not they would be favored over another team on a neutral field according to oddsmakers in Vegas.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These could include neutral-atom systems and superconducting qubits paired with transducers that convert microwave signals into light.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutral
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  • Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.
    — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
Definition of unwarlike
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  • The coming-of-age drama, based on Coffey’s life, follows a high school student with mild cerebral palsy trying to wrestle for the school’s scholastic wrestling team.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The mild sweetness of onions pairs naturally with tallow’s savory character, and when fried at the right temperature the coating turns crisp and golden without the onions losing their tender bite.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of mild
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  • For not wanting to be nonbelligerent by naming the terms for belligerence.
    — Solmaz Sharif, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
Definition of nonbelligerent
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