pacifist
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Takaichi has also accelerated a beefing up of Japan's military capabilities as its sheds its strict pacifist stance in place since the war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nimbly, it manages to be both a pacifist film and a subversive one with no faith in the system as it stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Miyazaki is a noted pacifist, but “Princess Mononoke” is his most humanist work.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“While hardly a pacifist country,” America has, Mr. Mandelbaum writes, tried to establish peace and nonbelligerency as “a permanent condition of international affairs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He’s a pacifist, which means he doesn’t believe in war, karate lessons, or toy guns.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Mr. Kurlansky’s heart seems to lie with the pacifists, even as he recognizes their practical shortcomings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
The league specifically targeted suspected German sympathizers, socialists, labor activists and pacifists.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024
The Amish are pacifists, he hastened to add.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
"These people are not pacifists; they have intentionally or otherwise become pawns of the aggressor," Wang wrote.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2023
What standing could such dedicated pacifists enjoy among veterans of the Revolution, who, as Jackson put it, “at the risk of their lives and fortunes, secured to the community their liberty and property?”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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