pacifism

English

Etymology

From French pacifisme, from pacifique; pacific +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpæsɪfɪzəm/
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Noun

pacifism (countable and uncountable, plural pacifisms)

The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]
(video games, roguelikes) The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.

Synonyms

(peaceful doctrine): Gandhism

Antonyms

(peaceful doctrine): bellicism, militarism, warism

Related terms

pacific
pacifist

Translations

doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence

Albanian: pacifizëm (sq) m
Arabic: سَلَامِيَّة‎ f (salāmiyya), سِلْمِيَّة‎ f (silmiyya)
Armenian: պացիֆիզմ (hy) (pacʿifizm)
Azerbaijani: pasifizm
Belarusian: пацыфі́зм m (pacyfízm)
Bengali: শান্তিবাদ (śantibad)
Bulgarian: пацифи́зъм (bg) m (pacifízǎm)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးဝါဒ (ngrim:hkyam:re:wada.)
Catalan: pacifisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和平主義／和平主义 (zh) (hépíngzhǔyì)
Czech: pacifismus (cs) m
Danish: pacifisme c
Dutch: pacifisme (nl) n
Esperanto: pacismo
Estonian: patsifism
Finnish: pasifismi (fi), rauhanaate (fi)
French: pacifisme (fr) m
Galician: pacifismo m
Georgian: პაციფიზმი (ṗacipizmi)
German: Pazifismus (de) m
Greek: ειρηνισμός (el) m (eirinismós), πασιφισμός (el) m (pasifismós)
Hebrew: פָּצִיפִיזְם‎ (he) m (patsifízm)
Hindi: शान्तिवाद m (śāntivād), शांतिवाद m (śāntivād)
Hungarian: pacifizmus (hu)
Irish: síochánachas m
Italian: pacifismo (it) m
Japanese: 平和主義 (ja) (へいわしゅぎ, heiwashugi)
Kazakh: пацифизм (pasifizm)
Khmer: សន្តិនិយម (sɑnteniyum)
Korean: 평화주의(平和主義) (ko) (pyeonghwajuui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pasîfîzm (ku), aştîxwazî (ku), şernexwazî (ku)
Kyrgyz: пацифизм (patsifizm)
Latvian: pacifisms m
Lithuanian: pacifizmas (lt) m
Macedonian: пацифи́зам m (pacifízam)
Malay: faham pententeraman, pasifisme
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: пацифизм (pacifizm)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pasifisme m
Nynorsk: pasifisme m
Pashto: صلح پسندي‎ f (solh-psandī)
Persian: صلح‌جویی‎ (solh-juyi), صلح‌طلبی‎ (solh-talabi)
Polish: pacyfizm (pl) m
Portuguese: pacifismo (pt) m
Romanian: pacifism (ro) n
Russian: пацифи́зм (ru) m (pacifízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пацифѝзам m
Roman: pacifìzam (sh) m
Slovak: pacifizmus m
Slovene: pacifizem m
Spanish: pacifismo (es) m
Swedish: pacifism (sv) c
Tagalog: pasipismo
Tajik: патсифизм (patsifizm), сулҳҷӯӣ (sulhjüī), сулҳталабӣ (sulhtalabī)
Thai: สันตินิยม (sǎn-dtì-ní-yom)
Turkish: pasifizm
Turkmen: pasifizm
Ukrainian: пацифі́зм (uk) m (pacyfízm)
Urdu: اَمْن پَسَنْدی‎ f (amn-pasandī)
Uzbek: patsifizm (uz)
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa hoà bình (主義和平)

References

pacifism at OneLook Dictionary Search

Romanian

Etymology

From French pacifisme.

Noun

pacifism n (uncountable)

pacifism

Declension

declension of pacifism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pacifism	pacifismul
genitive/dative	(unui) pacifism	pacifismului
vocative	pacifismule

Swedish

Etymology

From French pacifisme.

Noun

pacifism c

pacifism

Declension

Declension of pacifism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pacifism	pacifismen	—	—
Genitive	pacifisms	pacifismens	—	—

Related terms

pacifist
pacifistisk