peacenikn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːsnɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpisnɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peace n., -nik suffix.

Etymology: < peace n. + -nik suffix.

Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative.

A member of a pacifist movement; an advocate of peace.Originally used esp. of opponents to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.

ΘΚΠ

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

pacifico1896

pacificist1907

alternativist1916

absolutist1917

Locarnist1925

peacenik1962

Vietnik1965

1962 Village Voice 25 Jan. 6/3 By now she has become a committed peacenik: she is a board member of the Greenwich Village Peace Center and heads there what is called..the ‘Women's Committee of Concern’.

1966 Guardian 17 Aug. 9/2 The 60-year-old Judge is not suspected of ‘peacenik’ sympathies.

1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) i. 117 A tenement crammed with peaceniks who have painted the word love across their brickfront.

1982 I. Hamilton Robert Lowell (1983) xx. 362 There were many views he did not share with the more fiery of the ‘peaceniks’ and it was not in his nature to join movements that he had no wish to lead.

2001 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. a8/1 The unity government will struggle to be cohesive as Israeli peaceniks share power not only with hawks like Mr. Sharon but also with extreme right-wingers.

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

单词	peacenik
释义	peacenikn. Brit. /ˈpiːsnɪk/, U.S. /ˈpisnɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peace n., -nik suffix. Etymology: < peace n. + -nik suffix. Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative. A member of a pacifist movement; an advocate of peace.Originally used esp. of opponents to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in particular instance pacifico1896 pacificist1907 alternativist1916 absolutist1917 Locarnist1925 peacenik1962 Vietnik1965 1962 Village Voice 25 Jan. 6/3 By now she has become a committed peacenik: she is a board member of the Greenwich Village Peace Center and heads there what is called..the ‘Women's Committee of Concern’. 1966 Guardian 17 Aug. 9/2 The 60-year-old Judge is not suspected of ‘peacenik’ sympathies. 1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) i. 117 A tenement crammed with peaceniks who have painted the word love across their brickfront. 1982 I. Hamilton Robert Lowell (1983) xx. 362 There were many views he did not share with the more fiery of the ‘peaceniks’ and it was not in his nature to join movements that he had no wish to lead. 2001 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. a8/1 The unity government will struggle to be cohesive as Israeli peaceniks share power not only with hawks like Mr. Sharon but also with extreme right-wingers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962
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