Etymology From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.
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One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists.
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One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
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One who is anti-war.
No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
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One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
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Roguelikes, Video games A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.
Etymology From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.
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Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.
Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist.2010, Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, Charles M. Collier, Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas's 70th Birthday, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 129: