as in pacifists
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
peaceniks argued that all the nonmilitary options had not been exhausted
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pacifists
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All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Peaceniks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceniks. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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