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pacifism|ˈpæsɪfɪz(ə)m|
[ad. F. pacifisme (see quot. 1902): see -ism, pacificism.]
The policy or doctrine of rejecting war and every form of violent action as means of solving disputes, esp. in international affairs; the belief in and advocacy of peaceful methods as feasible and desirable alternatives to war.
1902Proc. 10th Universal Peace Congr. 74 M. Emile Arnaud... Speaking at length, in French,..said:... The negative programme of Pacifism is anti-War-ism. 1906Times 30 July 5/4 It can bring its naval policy into harmony with its foreign policy and give pledges to ‘pacifism’. 1915National Rev. Mar. 54 The greatest war in history is now being fought in the cause of Pacifism. 1917Atlantic Monthly June 745/2 To such people pacifism is a religion, an interpretation of Christianity. 1919G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House p. xviii, There was only one virtue, pugnacity: only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war. 1929Chesterton Thing 111 Nothing that I say here has any connection with what is commonly called pacifism. I think that our friends and brethren fell ten years ago in a just war. 1935Fellowship Mar. 3/1 Pacifism does not renounce the struggle, but carries it on with the more effective weapons of non-violence. 1936A. Huxley in G. K. Hibbert New Pacifism ii. 39 Humanism was once a favourable environment for pacifism. It has now become wholly inimical. 1937P. S. Mumford Introd. Pacifism i. 10 Pacifism is not simply a negative policy of refusing to fight. It is a constructive policy of showing that there are more powerful and better ways of opposing your enemies. 1941A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 470 In war time, it would seem, psychological conditions are such that the application of pacifism to politics is for all practical purposes impossible. 1945G. C. Field Pacifism & Conscientious Objection 4 Pacifism..is not one single, simple creed, but a number of creeds. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Sept. 265 If armaments are not acceptable to the pacifist, does this mean that he will submit to the aggressor and meekly resign himself to what he considers evil? The answer is emphatically no. This is to confuse pacifism with appeasement. The pacifist is definitely not a passivist. 1957A. J. P. Taylor Trouble Makers ii. 51 Even Bright, who was sometimes nearer to pacifism, did not plead ‘that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence’. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 481/2 Pacifism has never yet been adopted as official policy by any state. 1976Pacifist Jan. 10/1 It is an integral part of pacifism not only to expect one's own freedom but also to allow everybody else their freedom. 1976Christian Cent. 15 Sept. 753/2 Most American evangelicals have been less than enthusiastic about pacifism. |