pacifism

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Recent Examples of pacifism With Intelsat’s next-generation satellite dishes and Whitaker’s peace instructors, these outposts have become beacons of hyper-technology and anti-war activism, with the aim of radiating their waves of pacifism outward. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 The primary concern of the book was pacifism—the rejection of all violence, even to combat evil. Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025 However, both rejected their violent Roman masculinity in favor of Christian pacifism. Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025 Minervini, who moved to New York just months before the Sept. 11 attacks, isn’t interested in lecturing us on pacifism. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pacifism
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Noun
  • Gordonstoun’s combination of pacificism and physical discipline would help define him for the rest of his life.
    Time, Time, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Its agenda: justice and charity, pacificism and spreading the wealth.
    SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, 8 July 2016
Noun
  • Organizers said they were committed to nonviolence.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Proud to see so many voices united for nonviolence, civic action, and the power of the people to shape our future.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Pacifism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifism. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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