dovish
/ˈdʌvɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.87 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
adj
Example Sentences
- "According to Kathleen A. Francovic, director of surveys for CBS News, it was the “war and peace” issue that seemed to separate the sexes in 1980, with women predictably perched on the dovish side."
- "Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes."
- "Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin […]."
- "It is entirely possible, for example, that Cameron’s dovish views on China, criticised by many, will not survive now that he is back in office."
- "The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market."
- "A dovish policy keeps unemployment close to 6 percent and lets the price level swing more widely to absorb economic shocks."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *dūbaną? Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ Proto-West Germanic *dūbā Old English *dūfe Middle English douve English dove Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English dovish From dove + -ish.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Synonyms
irenic
pacific
anti-bellicist
dovelike
dovish
irenical
non-violent
pacifist
pacifistic
peaceable
peaceful
unaggressive