PACIFISTS Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

pacifists

noun

plural of pacifist

as in doves

a person who opposes war or warlike policies a committed pacifist, Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence

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Recent Examples of pacifists However, it was criticized by pacifists at home and China for deviating from Japan’s postwar self-defense only principle. —

ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025

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doves

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Roses were gently laid across the caskets before eight white doves were released into the sky, their wings unfurling into the clouds — a cruel irony beside the eight young lives below, cut short before their stories ever had the chance to unfurl at all.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The painting on the back of the skirt was inspired by Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, as well as doves, which also symbolize peace.

— Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 May 2026