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Definition of pasifizm in Turkish English dictionary
- (Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) pacifism
- n The strongly-held Mennonite belief that Christians must never resort to physical violence except in extenuating circumstances such as church mergers and business meetings
- Several types of belief systems of principled rejection of violence Pacifism is distinct from the technique of nonviolent action, which is usually applied as a practical way to act by people who are not pacifists Pacifist belief systems, at a minimum, reject participation in all international or civil wars, or violent revolutions Pacifists may support nonviolent struggle, or may oppose it on ethical grounds as too conflictual
- Belief that conflict should be settled by peaceful means
- The active opposition to such violence, especially the refusal to take part in military action
- The opposition of violence or war to settle disagreements or disputes, or a policy of non-resistance
- The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence
- the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
- is a personal rejection of war and violence It is the rejection of one's participation in any act of violence by refraining from emotional, psychological, physical and verbal violence Pacifists reject war in all forms and rejects the notion of the "just war "
- the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
- the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
- {i} love of peace; opposition to war
- Pacifism is the belief that war and violence are always wrong. the belief that war and violence are always wrong (pacifisme, from pacifique; PACIFIC). The doctrine that war and violence as a means of settling disputes is morally wrong. The first genuinely pacifist movement was Buddhism, whose founder demanded from his followers absolute abstention from any act of violence against their fellow creatures. The ancient Greek conception of pacifism applied to individual conduct rather than to the actions of peoples or kingdoms. The Romans conceived of pax, or peace, as a covenant between states or kingdoms that creates a "just" situation based on mutual recognition. This judicial approach was applicable only to the "civilized world," however. Though the spoken words of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament could be interpreted as a kind of pacifism (and in fact were so interpreted by many of his early followers), from the early 3rd century through the Middle Ages the Christian church itself held that armies were necessary to combat nonbelievers or demons. In the 17th and 18th centuries, much pacifist thinking was based on the idea that transferring power from sovereigns to the people would result in peace, because, it was claimed, wars were a product of sovereigns' ambitions and pride. In the 19th and 20th centuries, pacifism inspired widespread interest in general disarmament and in the creation of international organizations for the peaceful resolution of disputes, such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. Pacifism as a national policy, rather than as a standard of individual conduct, has yet to satisfactorily address the problem of an aggressor that does not possess similar moral scruples. Individual pacifism may lead one to become a conscientious objector. Historically important pacifists include Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr