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Recent Examples of pacifism
Tehran’s new leadership is betting on the long game, Japan is rethinking its postwar pacifism, and Oscars weekend arrives in an existential malaise.
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Kira Bindrim, Bloomberg, 14 Mar. 2026
Out of China's shadow A great dream of Shinzo Abe was to convince the people of Japan to abandon unilateral pacifism and restore the country to a position of military strength.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Coretta’s pacifism and support for civil rights led her to join the local chapter of the Progressive Party and attend its national convention in July 1948 as a student delegate.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Central to the Christian sect’s game plan was its intent to create a utopian-like community in America in which everyone gets treated equally and pacifism receives a warm embrace.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Kira Bindrim, Bloomberg, 14 Mar. 2026
Out of China's shadow A great dream of Shinzo Abe was to convince the people of Japan to abandon unilateral pacifism and restore the country to a position of military strength.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Coretta’s pacifism and support for civil rights led her to join the local chapter of the Progressive Party and attend its national convention in July 1948 as a student delegate.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Central to the Christian sect’s game plan was its intent to create a utopian-like community in America in which everyone gets treated equally and pacifism receives a warm embrace.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacifism
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Holding fast to pacificism could contribute to a massacre.—
Carol Quillen,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026
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Its agenda: justice and charity, pacificism and spreading the wealth.—
SAM ROBERTS,
New York Times,
8 July 2016
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Communists were also the most vigorous foes of fascism—except for twenty-two notorious months beginning in late August 1939, when the USSR signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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There is a long history of emphasizing nonviolence and resilience, and for many American Jews, firearms have not been part of their lived experience.—
Gayle Pearlstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
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That rage drove her away from King’s politics of nonviolence and toward a more militant ideology.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Pacifism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifism. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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