PACIFICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pacificism mean? 

• PACIFICISM (noun)
  The noun PACIFICISM has 2 senses:

1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

2. the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

  Familiarity information: PACIFICISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACIFICISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pacificism; pacifism; passivism

Hypernyms ("pacificism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pacificism; pacifism

Hypernyms ("pacificism" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)