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Definition of peacenik in English: peaceniknoun ˈpiːsnɪkˈpisˌnɪk derogatory, informal A member of a pacifist movement. an exchange of issues from the peaceniks to the environmentalists they arrested anyone who looked like a peacenik Example sentencesExamples - The mainstream peaceniks have made it clear that Dictators and Despots are to be tolerated, and Republicanism is to be blamed for all else.
- Your track record is one of pacifism and peacenik activism.
- In days gone by, marching against war was generally seen as something that lefties, peaceniks and pinkos did.
- Call me an idealistic peacenik, but I don't see the difference: If you don't want to have your soldiers killed, don't send them in the first place.
- Both peaceniks and warmongers can offer the bromide of tranquillity, and, for different reasons, both have.
- The peaceniks, so vocal in the presence of a conservative government, will always continue to be so.
- It's payback time, and even former peaceniks have gotten in touch with their inner patriot.
- After all, the government position is that it's only the peaceniks who are demanding thorough inquiries.
- How shady it is that our modern leftists and peaceniks can detect fascism absolutely everywhere except when it is actually staring them in the face.
- Yes, we're liberal lefty peaceniks, if you say so.
- This was 1971, so these were peaceniks, civil rights activists, and anti-war activists.
- I don't mind peaceniks as long as they are consistent peaceniks.
- But isolation is a disaster for peaceniks, because there is no way peace can happen without the world's help.
- The communists must have been paying me to be a peacenik!
- It was a terrible lie, but it reinforced what the leaders of the peacenik movement had been saying for several years.
- It turns out that even Vermont peaceniks didn't sympathize with his views.
- It should be pointed out that for the most part, we're not peaceniks or even pacifists.
Origin 1960s: from peace + -nik. Definition of peacenik in US English: peaceniknounˈpisˌnɪkˈpēsˌnik derogatory, informal A member of a pacifist movement. an exchange of issues from the peaceniks to the environmentalists they arrested anyone who looked like a peacenik Example sentencesExamples - It turns out that even Vermont peaceniks didn't sympathize with his views.
- The communists must have been paying me to be a peacenik!
- It should be pointed out that for the most part, we're not peaceniks or even pacifists.
- But isolation is a disaster for peaceniks, because there is no way peace can happen without the world's help.
- I don't mind peaceniks as long as they are consistent peaceniks.
- The peaceniks, so vocal in the presence of a conservative government, will always continue to be so.
- The mainstream peaceniks have made it clear that Dictators and Despots are to be tolerated, and Republicanism is to be blamed for all else.
- It was a terrible lie, but it reinforced what the leaders of the peacenik movement had been saying for several years.
- Both peaceniks and warmongers can offer the bromide of tranquillity, and, for different reasons, both have.
- It's payback time, and even former peaceniks have gotten in touch with their inner patriot.
- Call me an idealistic peacenik, but I don't see the difference: If you don't want to have your soldiers killed, don't send them in the first place.
- This was 1971, so these were peaceniks, civil rights activists, and anti-war activists.
- Yes, we're liberal lefty peaceniks, if you say so.
- In days gone by, marching against war was generally seen as something that lefties, peaceniks and pinkos did.
- Your track record is one of pacifism and peacenik activism.
- How shady it is that our modern leftists and peaceniks can detect fascism absolutely everywhere except when it is actually staring them in the face.
- After all, the government position is that it's only the peaceniks who are demanding thorough inquiries.
Origin 1960s: from peace + -nik. |