Usually means: Advocacy for peace, opposing violence.
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  1. pacifism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pacifism: Merriam-Webster
  3. pacifism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pacifism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pacifism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pacifism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pacifism, pacifism: Wordnik
  8. pacifism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pacifism: Wiktionary
  10. pacifism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pacifism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pacifism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pacifism: Dictionary.com
  14. pacifism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pacifism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pacifism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. pacifism: Rhymezone
  18. pacifism: FreeDictionary.org
  19. pacifism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. pacifism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Pacifism: Eastern Philosophy
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  1. Pacifism: Legal dictionary

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  1. pacifism: Encyclopedia

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  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. pacifism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Pacifism: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. pacifism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The support of peace, specifically:
noun:  The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means.
noun:  The ethical avoidance of inflicting harm on others in one's daily life.
noun:  The combination of the above two philosophical viewpoints.
noun:  (video games, roguelikes) The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.

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