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Pacificism

noun
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.  Synonyms: pacifism, passivism.
2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.  Synonym: pacifism.






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"Pacificism" Quotes from Famous Books



... professional advocates of "preparedness," our cheerful chemists, our scientific "intellectuals"—all our materialistic thinkers hard- shell and soft-shell,—took the position of Flaubert, just presented; reproached us bitterly for our slack, sentimental pacificism; and urged us with all speed to emulate the scientific spirit of our enemy. There is nothing more instructive in this correspondence than to observe how this last fond illusion falls away from Flaubert ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert

... high-sounding name. An unhealthy sentimentality—the antithesis of morality—has gone hand in hand with a peculiarly sordid and repulsive materialism. The result was a soil in which various noxious weeds flourished rankly; and of these the most noxious was professional pacificism. The professional pacificist has at times festered in the diseased tissue of almost every civilisation; but it is only within the last three-quarters of a century that he has been a serious menace to the peace of justice and righteousness. In consequence, decent citizens ...
— Towards The Goal • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... deal of talk of fraternity at the time of the Revolution, and there is even more to-day. Pacificism, humanitarianism, and solidarity have become catchwords of the advanced parties, but we know how profound are the hatreds concealed beneath these terms, and what dangers overhang our modern society. Fear.—Fear plays almost as large a part in revolutions as hatred. During the French ...
— The Psychology of Revolution • Gustave le Bon



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