conscientious objectornoun [ C ]
uk/kɒn.ʃiˌen.ʃəs əbˈdʒek.tər/us/kɑːn.ʃiˌen.ʃəs əbˈdʒek.tɚ/a person who refuses to work in the armed forces for moral or religious reasons
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Opposing & against
- against
- anti
- anti-
- antithesis
- boycott
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- counter
- countervailing
- defy
- detractor
- down with...! idiom
- foam pie
- go against sth/sb
- objector
- opponent
- oppose
- opposing
- point of order
- run against sb/sth
- stand
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Examples from literature
- As far as the battle for learning goes, we were pacifists—conscientious objectors.
- He is not a pacifist exactly—he is not a conscientious objector.
- No conscientious objector need apply.
- The other main objection to the conscientious objectors is that their method of establishing peace is too negative.
- They jailed conscientious objectors in the last war.