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peacenik
noun as in beatnik
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noun as in conscientious objector
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noun as in pacifist
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Example Sentences
The statement described Kristofferson as "a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a sex symbol, and a family man."
They may be peaceniks but they are champing at the bit for a war of their own and it looks like Mexico will be their enemy of choice.
Sounding like a once-hated peacenik, she writes, "They dehumanize and demonize any opposition and cannot display a modicum of empathy."
But he also said “naïve” and peacenik speeches about everyone living together happily ever after weren’t helpful either.
“The peaceniks of the Social Democratic Party did not win the day alone,” he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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