pacificityn.
/pəsᵻˈfɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpæsəˈfɪsᵻdi/ rare before 20th cent.
The quality or condition of being pacific or peaceful.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun]
peaceableness1530
pacificity1800
non-aggression1846
unwarlikeness1864
1800 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 356 We are..trusting with the old confidence in Mr. Pitt's pacificity.
1956 Ecol. Monographs 26 90/1 The greater number of larger groups of C57 mice residing in the food pen is further evidence of the greater pacificity of this strain.
1987 F. W. Praeger Gay & Lesbian Parents Foreword p. xii Almost all serious violence occurring in the gay world is precipitated by heterosexual males. Does the pacificity of the gay world also include the gay home?
1992 W. Horwood Duncton Rising xxii. 290 In the spirit of the three moles' new pacificity, the Newborn was simply pushed aside, not taloned or hurt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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