Associations to the word «Pacificism»

Wiktionary

PACIFICISM, noun. General ethical opposition to war or violence.

Dictionary definition

PACIFICISM, noun. The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
PACIFICISM, noun. The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats