: an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes …
Who are pacifist people?
A person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute is called a pacifist. If you are a pacifist, you talk through your differences with others instead of fighting. A pacifist is a peacemaker — even its Latin origins of pax, or "peace" and facere, "to make" show it.
Who is a famous pacifist?
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- Mahatma Gandhi. Indian leader. ...
- Bertrand Russell. British logician and philosopher. ...
- Mirabehn. British-born activist. ...
- J. Keir Hardie. ...
- Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews. American pacifist and author. ...
- Rosika Schwimmer. Hungarian feminist and pacifist. ...
- Anne Henrietta Martin. American reformer and educator. ...
- Kees Boeke.