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PACIFISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pacifistic mean?
• PACIFISTIC (adjective)
The adjective PACIFISTIC has 1 sense:
1. opposed to war
Familiarity information: PACIFISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opposed to war
Synonyms:
Similar:
peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)
Derivation:
pacifism (the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration)
pacifism (the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable)
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