pacificist

Example Sentences

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In 2002, following time in Congress, Ms. Betancourt launched a campaign for presidency as a member of the Partido Verde Oxígeno, a young political movement with a pacificist, environmental, anti-corruption philosophy.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

It was the first time since 1924 that James Ramsay MacDonald, pacificist, socialist, internationalist, has represented the British Empire at a conference of the great powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

While we condemn the lack of historic sense in the Provost and Fellows of that day, we may at least acquit them of any intention of pacificist irony in their choice of a model.

From The Charm of Oxford by Wells, J. (Joseph)

Though it would have seemed perverse to the ordinary pacificist, this sentiment sprang from a respectable source.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

It is here that the importance and value of the modern pacificist movement emerge with clearness.

From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)