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Noun pacifism has 2 senses

• pacifism(n = noun.cognition) pacificism, passivism - the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; Array
is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
Derived forms noun pacifist₁, adjective pacifistic₁

• pacifism(n = noun.cognition) pacificism - the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration; Array
is a kind of belief
Derived forms noun pacifist₁, adjective pacifistic₁

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pacifism

a wise passiveness, abnegation, abstinence, calm, calmness, conservatism, constraint, contemplation, contemplative life, continence, control, cool, dispassion, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, evenness, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, idleness, immobility, impartiality, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, irenicism, judiciousness, juste-milieu, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, lenity, meden agan, meditation, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, noninvolvement, nonparticipation, nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, nothing in excess, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, passivity, peaceableness, peaceful coexistence, policy, procrastination, prudence, quiescence, quietism, repose, restraint, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, sobriety, stability, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, steadiness, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unpugnaciousness, vegetation, via media, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting

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