peacemongeringn.
/ˈpiːsˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈpisˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ Chiefly derogatory.
Unrealistic or excessive advocacy of peace.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun]
peasingc1300
appeasement1430
pacification1437
peacemakinga1450
pacifying1474
appeasingc1522
composing1574
pacation1658
peacemongering1853
society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifism in particular instance
peace at any price1774
peacemongering1853
pacificism1908
1853 Times 5 May 4/6 We suspect this ‘arbitration clause’ is a mere secret of peace-mongering.
1876 M. F. Tupper Washington i. i. 12 Shame! Shame on your miserable peacemongering!
1967 Economist 1 Apr. 26/3 He need not seek the political kudos that holders of other offices may hope to gain by public peacemongering.
2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 4 July 4 As far as peace-mongering goes, Kerry's Vietnam war record makes him almost untouchable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
peacemongeringadj.
/ˈpiːsˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈpisˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ Chiefly derogatory.
That is a peacemonger; that advocates the achievement of peace by unrealistic means or at excessive cost.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [adjective]
pacific1548
pacifying1552
peacemaking1556
pacificatory1582
peacemongering1808
1808 R. Southey Let. 14 Nov. in Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 110 That peace-mongering squad who would lay us at the feet of France.
1852 Times 24 Jan. 4/3 Here are our peacemongering ‘sympathisers’ voting all kinds of resolutions in favour of ‘compassion’ and ‘forebearance’.
1900 Daily Tel. 10 May 8/7 A peace-mongering sentimentalism.
1991 Chicago Tribune 30 Nov. i. 1/2 From a peace-mongering Santa and his politically correct elves to pre-Christmas bargains,..the gloomy economic news of recent months was pushed momentarily aside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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