pacifism \pacifism\ n.
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
Syn: passivism.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The belief that all international disputes can be settled
by arbitration.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pacifism
n 1: the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable [syn: passivism]
2: the belief that all international disputes can be settled by
arbitration
WordNet (r) 2.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
passivism
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