pacificity

noun

pacificity

noun

Etymology From pacific + -ity.

1

The quality of being pacific; peacefulness.

  • One of the quintessential values of the indigenous Ewe society is pacificity.1976, Conflict and harmony in education in tropical Africa, page 85:
  • In addition, in FPHWP, I proposed “the multifaceted theory of war and peace” to understand war and peace, in a small sense—or aggression and pacificity, in a broad sense.2012 -, Peter Baofu, The Future of Post-Human Waste, page 44:
2 more examples
  • In the Alto Xingu, there is strong moral emphasis on respect for others, on self-control, and on pacificity.2013, Penelope Harvey, Peter Gow -, Sex and Violence: Issues in Representation and Experience, page 90:
  • Hume's pacificity and neutrality contrast with Gibbon's combative attitude and his interest in subjective, personalized experience.2014, Charlotte Roberts, Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, page 170:

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