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pacifists

noun

plural of pacifist

as in doves

a person who opposes war or warlike policies a committed pacifist, Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence

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Recent Examples of pacifists However, it was criticized by pacifists at home and China for deviating from Japan’s postwar self-defense only principle. — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025 During the World War I, pacifists and dissidents were frequently charged with sedition and seditious conspiracy based on their political advocacy and criticism of government. — Timothy Zick, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2022

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Everyone likes to eat the doves, but wood pigeons are the real treat.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
Mourning doves are the most common species of bird struck, accounting for about 11% of incidents, the FAA said.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

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