Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pacifist

/ˈpæsɪfɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: paci-fist
IPA: /ˈpæsɪfɪst/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

noun

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

noun

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

noun

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

noun

A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.

adj

Of or relating to pacifism; pacifistic.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pacifiste
Suffix: pacific

Inflected Forms

pacifists (plural) pacificist (alternative) more pacifist (comparative) most pacifist (superlative)

Derived Forms

antipacifist nonpacifist unpacifist

Phrases

anarcho-pacifist

Frequently Paired Words

pacify pacific

Synonyms

dove Gandhist dovish pacific anti-bellicist dovelike irenic irenical non-violent pacifist pacifistic peaceable

Antonyms

bellicist hawk militarist

Questions

How do you pronounce pacifist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpæsɪfɪst/.
What does pacifist mean?: One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
Where does pacifist come from?: It is traced to French.

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