dovish

adjective

Definition of dovishnext
as in pacifistic
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go

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  1. pacifist
  2. pacific
  3. peaceful
Adjective
  • Munitions manufacturers plot to oust the pacifist king of Moronika and install a dictator.
    Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
  • Such worms took on the characterization of a prankster, like the WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers), which plagued NASA computers with pacifist messages in 1989 and deceived users into believing their files were being deleted.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of pacifist
Adjective
  • Choose between two rich colors: pacific blue or yarrow gold.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.
    Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
Definition of pacific
Adjective
  • The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World Rich argues that the United Nations is the only body capable of generating a peaceful and cooperative order in the emerging post-American world.
    Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The peaceful gathering quickly escalated into violent clashes as protesters and officers engaged in running altercations through the city's streets.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of peaceful
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