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Pacifism   Listen
noun
pacifism  n.  
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
Synonyms: passivism.
2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.






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"Pacifism" Quotes from Famous Books



... length because this document gives the quintessence of the wise labor statesmanship which this crisis brought so clearly to light. Turning away from the pacifism of the Socialist party, Samuel Gompers and his associates believed that victory over world militarism as well as over the forces of reaction at home depended on labor's unequivocal support of the government. And in reality, by placing the labor movement in the service of the war-making ...
— A History of Trade Unionism in the United States • Selig Perlman

... the time, just now, to read, a book recommended, it would seem, by that colossal fellow. He regards, or so they tell me, its author, one Bergotte, Esquire, as a subtle scribe, more subtle, indeed, than any beast of the field; and, albeit he exhibits on occasion a critical pacifism, a tenderness in suffering fools, for which it is impossible to account, and hard to make allowance, still his word has weight with me as it were the Delphic Oracle. Read you then this lyrical prose, ...
— Swann's Way - (vol. 1 of Remembrance of Things Past) • Marcel Proust

... history of Asia: it was the ultramodern spirit impressed into the service of mediaeval minds. In any other capital of the world the publication of such a subversive document, following the Yang Tu pamphlet, would have led to riot and tumult. In China, the home of pacifism, the politicians and people bowed their heads and bided their time. Even foreign circles in China were somewhat nonplussed by the insouciance displayed by the peripatetic legal authority; and the Memorandum was for many days spoken of as an unnecessary ...
— The Fight For The Republic In China • B.L. Putnam Weale



Words linked to "Pacifism" :   pacifistic, philosophical system, belief, pacifist, passivism, philosophy, doctrine, school of thought



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