PACIFICIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

Synonyms:

disarmer; pacificist; pacifist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pacificist"):

dove; peacenik (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)

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