Associations to the word «Pacifism»

Wiktionary

PACIFISM, noun. The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.