pacifism

Other forms of pacifism

plural

pacifisms·

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 pacifism

What does pacifism mean?

pacifism 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 pacifism?

pacifism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm/.

What is another word for pacifism?

Close synonyms include pacificism, passivism, pacificism. 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 pacifism a common word?

pacifism 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.

What rhymes with pacifism?

1 word rhymes with pacifism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.