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pacifism - use in sentences
Converse of object
- promote: Interestingly, the author does not promote pacifism nor does he endorse war.
- denounce: We must however give to our fight against the war its fully revolutionary sense, opposing and pitilessly denouncing pacifism.
- preach: One man said he didn't agree with my views but I could stay there if I didn't preach pacifism to them.
- include: These include pacifism, vegetarianism, charity work, recycling, the Green movement, and the caring professions.
- advocate: In Italy the war led to repressive measures against those attempting to leave a job and those advocating pacifism.
Adjective modifier
- bourgeois: More evident still is the subordinate role played by petty bourgeois pacifism with regard to Imperialism in the United States.
- absolute: Whether or not one agrees with Bennett's absolute pacifism, it is a moral position that demands respect.
- imperialist: Many think that imperialist pacifism is an instrument of peace.
- religious: For many people, whether or not they are religious, pacifism is a sound political ideal.
- petty: More evident still is the subordinate role played by petty bourgeois pacifism with regard to Imperialism in the United States.
Preposition: in
- century: From: Pacifism in the twentieth century Peter Brock and Nigel Young Syracuse Universty Press.
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