peacenik

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Definition of peacenik

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (derogatory, sometimes)Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.
    “If I lift a finger, or my voice, I either throw my support behind those who would prefer a dead planet to a Red planet, or I throw my lot with the Peaceniki.”
    “[Robert] Gillette’s counsel seems one of despair—little or nothing can be done to halt the inexorable movement toward superpower conflict, so don’t be fooled by peaceniki bearing a message of hope.”
    “The great bulk of the Western peace movement/left either opposed the Trust Group or were silent on the issue of the well-known repression of the Trusters. They prefered^([sic]) to work with the government front “Soviet Peace Committee,” which offered free trips to the USSR, chauffeurs, and so on to the western “peaceniki” (an insulting term used by the Soviet opposition for the pampered Westerners).”
    “ps: but that is all a part of the Secret Christian Conspiracy to Drive PeaceNiki Into the Moral Quandary about whether or not they are Tools of the Devil or On God's Side....”

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Etymology

From peace + -nik.

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