anti-war
adjective
an·ti-war
ˌan-tē-ˈwȯr 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antiwar
: opposed to war
anti-war demonstrations
antiwar activists
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Berger made a cacophonous, confusing mess of the anti-war classic All Quiet on the Western Front back in 2022, and mistook its profound statements about the toll of conflict as an excuse for self-conscious seriousness drenched in bloody sturm-und-drang spectacle.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
The liberal Bay Area city, known for its hippie counterculture, free speech and anti-war movements, helped shape Harris early on.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The book recounts a story from 1972, when Lennon and Ono were guests at a party where the former Beatles singer got drunk while watching the presidential election results between Richard Nixon and George McGovern at anti-war activist Jerry Rubin’s Greenwich Village apartment.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: The altercation occurred before an Oct. 6 show by Bread and Puppet, a renowned anti-war theater group that had already performed there several times, NLNA president Jeff Hornstein tells Axios.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
The liberal Bay Area city, known for its hippie counterculture, free speech and anti-war movements, helped shape Harris early on.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The book recounts a story from 1972, when Lennon and Ono were guests at a party where the former Beatles singer got drunk while watching the presidential election results between Richard Nixon and George McGovern at anti-war activist Jerry Rubin’s Greenwich Village apartment.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: The altercation occurred before an Oct. 6 show by Bread and Puppet, a renowned anti-war theater group that had already performed there several times, NLNA president Jeff Hornstein tells Axios.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Anti-war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-war. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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