pacificism

Other forms of pacificism

plural

pacificisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pacificism

What does pacificism mean?

pacificism means "the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pacificism?

pacificism has 4 syllables: pa-ci-fi-cism. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for pacificism?

Close synonyms include pacifism, passivism, pacifism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pacificism a common word?

pacificism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.