nonaggression

noun

Definition of nonaggressionnext
as in pacifism

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  1. pacifism
  2. friendliness
  3. sociability
  4. cordiality
Noun
  • Wells, a Fabian socialist like George Bernard Shaw, wrote a speculative treatise that predicted the ecology movement, the arms race, socialist pacifism, and WWII.
    Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Their founding leader, an Englishwoman named Ann Lee, preached Quaker ideals, like pacifism and gender equality, but added collective ownership, a work ethic to embarrass Balzac, and, trickiest of all for a utopia trying to grow, celibacy.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of pacifism
Noun
  • The staff friendliness, course conditioning, layout and ambience make this a must stop for any golf vacationers.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The cartoon friendliness of this one is hard to beat, and looks especially cute with round, bright ornaments.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
  • And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
Definition of sociability
Noun
  • Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of cordiality
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