different between pacifist vs militarist

English

Etymology

From French pacifiste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæs?f?st/

Noun

pacifist (plural pacifists)

1. One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

   Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's most famous pacifists.

2. One who prefers to avoid violence.
3. One who opposes violence and is anti-war.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.

4. (video games, roguelikes) A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.

Adjective

pacifist (comparative more pacifist, superlative most pacifist)

1. Of or relating to pacifism.
   • 2010, Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, Charles M. Collier, Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas's 70th Birthday, Wipf and Stock Publishers (?ISBN), page 129

     Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist.

Synonyms

• (one who loves, supports, or favours peace): dove, Gandhist

Antonyms

• (one who loves, supports, or favours peace): bellicist, militarist, hawk

Related terms

• pacify
• pacific

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pacifiste or English pacifist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.si?f?st/
• Hyphenation: pa?ci?fist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

pacifist m (plural pacifisten, feminine pacifiste)

1. A pacifist.

Related terms

• pacifisme
• pacifistisch

Romanian

Etymology

From French pacifiste

Noun

pacifist m (plural pacifi?ti)

1. pacifist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pacìfist m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. pacifist

Declension

Swedish

Noun

pacifist c

1. pacifist

Declension

Related terms

• pacifism

English

Etymology

military +? -ist

Noun

militarist (plural militarists)

1. One who believes in the use of military force.

Antonyms

• pacifist

Related terms

• militarism
• militant
• bellicist

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• militairist (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French militariste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.li.ta??r?st/
• Hyphenation: mi?li?ta?rist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

militarist m (uncountable)

1. militarist [from late 1860s]

Derived terms

• militaristisch

Related terms

• militarisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French militariste

Noun

militarist m (plural militari?ti)

1. militarist

Declension