pacifist

Example Sentences

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As a lifelong pacifist, Senesh was hardly an obvious choice as a freedom fighter.

From The Wall Street Journal

And since the somewhat pacifist Komeito Party refused to serve under her in a coalition government, she’s been able to bring a hawkish smaller party into the governing coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under Japan’s largely pacifist constitution, the nation would be permitted to mobilize its defense forces to defend Japan with military force if it faced such a severe threat.

From The Wall Street Journal

William Lloyd Garrison had been both an abolitionist and a pacifist.

From The Wall Street Journal

He called the first Gulf War “unjust” and, as the pacifist director of the Catholic Peace Coalition, led a fast against the war’s glorification.

From Los Angeles Times