"proponent or advocate of pacifism," 1903, from French pacifiste (see pacifism). Related: Pacifistic (1902).
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pacifism n.
"policy or doctrine of rejecting war and violence in solving disputes," especially in international affairs, 1902, from French pacifisme (1901), which was apparently coined by French anti-war writer Émile Arnaud (1864-1921), from pacifique (see pacific).