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pacifistic

[pas-uh-fis-tik] / ˌpæs əˈfɪs tɪk /


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Another refreshing commentary on pacifistic views comes from a Quaker, Scott Simon, a National Public Radio talk show host and, at least earlier in life, a pacifist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

His father was the choir director of the First Congregational Church in Norwich, elevating the prominence of the pacifistic family.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2018

Yet Orwell belonged for a time to the pacifistic Independent Labour Party, deplored the sadism of communists in Spain and felt uneasy with gratuitous violence in media.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2017

To make a picture with pacifistic elements was absolutely impossible.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2017

The Pentagon has long been contemplating the futility of stationing tens of thousands of soldiers in the world's most peaceful and pacifistic country.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel