pacifismn.

Brit.

/ˈpasᵻfɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpæsəˌfɪz(ə)m/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pacific adj.¹, -ism suffix.

Etymology: < pacif- (in pacific adj.¹) + -ism suffix, after French pacifisme (1901; 1845 in an isolated attestation). Compare slightly later pacificism n.

Belief in or advocacy of peaceful methods as feasible and desirable alternatives to war; (espousal or advocacy of) a group of doctrines which reject war and every form of violent action as a means of solving disputes, esp. in international affairs. Also: advocacy of a peaceful policy or rejection of war in a particular instance.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifism as a principle

conscientious objection1863

pacifism1902

pacificism1908

war resistance1932

1902 Proc. 10th Universal Peace Congr. 74 M. Emile Arnaud... Speaking at length, in French,..said:.. The negative programme of Pacifism is anti-War-ism.

1915 National Rev. Mar. 54 The greatest war in history is now being fought in the cause of Pacifism.

1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House Pref. in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War p. xviii There was only one virtue, pugnacity: only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.

1935 Fellowship Mar. 3/1 Pacifism does not renounce the struggle, but carries it on with the more effective weapons of non-violence.

1941 A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 470 In war time, it would seem, psychological conditions are such that the application of pacifism to politics is for all practical purposes impossible.

1957 A. J. P. Taylor Trouble Makers ii. 51 Even Bright, who was sometimes nearer to pacifism, did not plead ‘that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence’.

1960 O. Nathan in O. Nathan & H. Norden Einstein on Peace Introd. p. ix He [sc. Einstein] himself once said that his pacifism was not derived from any intellectual theory but was based on his deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.

1999 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 23 July He has stood for a pacifism toward Milosevic that has long been discredited by the latter's brutality and refusal to yield to anything but force.

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

单词	pacifism
释义	pacifismn. Brit. /ˈpasᵻfɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpæsəˌfɪz(ə)m/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pacific adj.¹, -ism suffix. Etymology: < pacif- (in pacific adj.¹) + -ism suffix, after French pacifisme (1901; 1845 in an isolated attestation). Compare slightly later pacificism n. Belief in or advocacy of peaceful methods as feasible and desirable alternatives to war; (espousal or advocacy of) a group of doctrines which reject war and every form of violent action as a means of solving disputes, esp. in international affairs. Also: advocacy of a peaceful policy or rejection of war in a particular instance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifism as a principle conscientious objection1863 pacifism1902 pacificism1908 war resistance1932 1902 Proc. 10th Universal Peace Congr. 74 M. Emile Arnaud... Speaking at length, in French,..said:.. The negative programme of Pacifism is anti-War-ism. 1915 National Rev. Mar. 54 The greatest war in history is now being fought in the cause of Pacifism. 1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House Pref. in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War p. xviii There was only one virtue, pugnacity: only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war. 1935 Fellowship Mar. 3/1 Pacifism does not renounce the struggle, but carries it on with the more effective weapons of non-violence. 1941 A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 470 In war time, it would seem, psychological conditions are such that the application of pacifism to politics is for all practical purposes impossible. 1957 A. J. P. Taylor Trouble Makers ii. 51 Even Bright, who was sometimes nearer to pacifism, did not plead ‘that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence’. 1960 O. Nathan in O. Nathan & H. Norden Einstein on Peace Introd. p. ix He [sc. Einstein] himself once said that his pacifism was not derived from any intellectual theory but was based on his deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred. 1999 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 23 July He has stood for a pacifism toward Milosevic that has long been discredited by the latter's brutality and refusal to yield to anything but force. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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