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PEACENIK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peacenik mean?
• PEACENIK (noun)
The noun PEACENIK has 1 sense:
1. someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Familiarity information: PEACENIK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dove; peacenik
Hypernyms ("peacenik" is a kind of...):
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)
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