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pacifism

noun as in nonviolence

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They’ve objected to books which expose readers to evolution, pacifism, magic, women achieving things outside of the home and “false views of death.”

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Together, the young pariah-turned-lizard-rider and his spunky pet prove there’s strength in pacifism.

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The letter claimed that Biden’s approach to Israel amounted to support of genocide in Gaza and was out of step with the pacifism expressed by Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse’s most famous graduate.

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The petition called the invitation antithetical to the pacifism Martin Luther King Jr., a Morehouse alumnus, expressed when opposing the Vietnam War.

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And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.

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