pacificistn.adj.

Brit.

/pəˈsɪfᵻsɪst/, U.S.

/pəˈsɪfᵻˌsɪst/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pacific adj.¹, -ist suffix.

Etymology: < pacific adj.¹ + -ist suffix. Compare slightly earlier pacifist n. and slightly later pacificism n.

A. n.

= pacifist n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle

peace man1795

antipolemist1817

pacifist1906

pacificist1907

conscientious objector1916

Percy1916

conchie1917

passivist1919

war resister1935

dove1962

society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in particular instance

pacifico1896

pacificist1907

alternativist1916

absolutist1917

Locarnist1925

peacenik1962

Vietnik1965

1907 Times 4 Mar. 9/2 Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's article..on the limitation of armaments..cannot be said to have made a favourable impression except among the Socialists and the ‘Pacificists’.

1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. 21 It was bad enough for anyone to have to pose as a pacificist, but for me, as strong as a bull..and not looking my forty years, it was a black disgrace.

1966 New Statesman 3 June 815/2 We are all..‘Pacificists’—that is, we believe that war should be avoided wherever humanly possible.

1997 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 69 786 The Bolsheviks were never pacificists. They were quite simply not strong enough to fight an offensive.

B. adj.

= pacifist adj.Quot. 1908 relates to a letter written in French, and may be an example of the noun.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [adjective] > relating to pacifism

pacifist1717

pacificist1908

1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 June 5/1 Declaring that it is not sufficient to simply call him ‘Pacificist’ to prevent him denouncing these follies anew, Baron d'Estournelles adds [etc.].

1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/2 The sooner we give up all this milk-blooded, blue-spectacled, pacificist talk the better.

1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. 35 You were bidden..to turn yourself from a successful general into a pacificist South African engineer.

1976 S. Hynes Auden Generation vii. 195 The book is pacificist propaganda.., but the position he takes is an oddly belligerent and un-pacifist one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pacificist
释义	pacificistn.adj. Brit. /pəˈsɪfᵻsɪst/, U.S. /pəˈsɪfᵻˌsɪst/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pacific adj.¹, -ist suffix. Etymology: < pacific adj.¹ + -ist suffix. Compare slightly earlier pacifist n. and slightly later pacificism n. A. n. = pacifist n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle peace man1795 antipolemist1817 pacifist1906 pacificist1907 conscientious objector1916 Percy1916 conchie1917 passivist1919 war resister1935 dove1962 society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in particular instance pacifico1896 pacificist1907 alternativist1916 absolutist1917 Locarnist1925 peacenik1962 Vietnik1965 1907 Times 4 Mar. 9/2 Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's article..on the limitation of armaments..cannot be said to have made a favourable impression except among the Socialists and the ‘Pacificists’. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. 21 It was bad enough for anyone to have to pose as a pacificist, but for me, as strong as a bull..and not looking my forty years, it was a black disgrace. 1966 New Statesman 3 June 815/2 We are all..‘Pacificists’—that is, we believe that war should be avoided wherever humanly possible. 1997 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 69 786 The Bolsheviks were never pacificists. They were quite simply not strong enough to fight an offensive. B. adj. = pacifist adj.Quot. 1908 relates to a letter written in French, and may be an example of the noun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [adjective] > relating to pacifism pacifist1717 pacificist1908 1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 June 5/1 Declaring that it is not sufficient to simply call him ‘Pacificist’ to prevent him denouncing these follies anew, Baron d'Estournelles adds [etc.]. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/2 The sooner we give up all this milk-blooded, blue-spectacled, pacificist talk the better. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. 35 You were bidden..to turn yourself from a successful general into a pacificist South African engineer. 1976 S. Hynes Auden Generation vii. 195 The book is pacificist propaganda.., but the position he takes is an oddly belligerent and un-pacifist one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1907
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