Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pacifism

2 senses of pacifism

Sense 1
pacifism, pacificism, passivism -- (the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Sense 2
pacifism, pacificism -- (the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration)
       => belief -- (any cognitive content held as true)