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pacifism

[pas-uh-fiz-uhm] / ˈpæs əˌfɪz əm /




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To Garrison, whom Mr. Kurlansky credits as a founder of American pacifism, violence was always wrong, no matter the circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

They’ve objected to books which expose readers to evolution, pacifism, magic, women achieving things outside of the home and “false views of death.”

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

But writer-director Todd Komarnicki’s aggressively lionizing, faith-driven movie about Bonhoeffer seems uninterested in any complexity about pacifism and violence coexisting in one man.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2024

For thirty-six years I worked for different groups, promoting world government, setting up conferences on pacifism, raising money, stuffing envelopes.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman




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