Synonyms of pacifism

pacifism

noun

1

as in pacificism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pacificism
• nonviolence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violence
• force
• pressure
• coercion
• compulsion
• constraint
• duress
• brutality
• foul play
• savagery
• barbarity

2

as in nonaggression

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonaggression
• antimilitarism
• sociability
• friendliness
• anti-imperialism
• gentleness
• geniality
• cordiality
• benevolence
• affability
• pleasantness
• amiability
• graciousness
• antiaggression
• amicability
• complaisance
• kindliness
• mildness
• amenability
• placability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggression
• militancy
• belligerency
• belligerence
• militance
• fight
• defiance
• bellicosity
• pugnacity
• combativeness
• aggressiveness
• truculence
• contentiousness
• hostility
• feistiness
• quarrelsomeness
• assaultiveness
• antagonism
• scrappiness
• disputatiousness
• militarism
• unfriendliness
• imperialism
• fierceness
• jingoism
• militantness
• hyperaggressiveness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of pacifism

In The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, another Shaw Brothers entry, studio mainstay Gordon Liu plays a warrior who breaks from monastic pacifism to rescue his sister and avenge his family, most of which was killed early in the movie owing to the machinations of an evil general. —Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024

Sometimes, this resistance has been rooted in opposition to war itself: an expression of pacifism or a reaction to the conduct of a particular war. —Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

But these killings galvanized backlash from those who felt that the time for the pacifism that Martin Luther King, Jr., espoused had passed. —Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024

Diverse comprehensive doctrines — Buddhism, pacifism, asceticism and so on — are all consistent with liberal principles of governance. —Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024