pacifistic

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His father was the choir director of the First Congregational Church in Norwich, elevating the prominence of the pacifistic family.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2018

Yet Orwell belonged for a time to the pacifistic Independent Labour Party, deplored the sadism of communists in Spain and felt uneasy with gratuitous violence in media.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2017

To make a picture with pacifistic elements was absolutely impossible.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2017

“We’re not going for the Caldecott or the Newberry Award. We’re going for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Paul said, speaking to the pacifistic nature of the “Frank Henry” books.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2016

Erasmus thought rather highly of his pacifistic labours: 'that polygraph, who never leaves off persecuting war by means of his pen', thus he makes a character of the Colloquies designate himself.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan