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n. - Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.

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  • If the term pacifist means "strongly opposed to war except in rare circumstances" then Channing was a pacifist, as is almost everybody.
  • Why do you beleive that to be a pacifist is wrong??
  • She identified as a pacifist, socialist and member of the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World.
  • One such person whom no one could credibly describe as a knee-jerk pacifist is retired Army Col. Pete Mansoor.
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