Talk:pacifism

RFV discussion: May–July 2014

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pacifism

Rfv-sense "The active opposition to such violence, especially the refusal to take part in military action" This splitting of senses is sometimes irritating, especially when ttbc's are then created. Are they really different from each other? Can e.g. Portuguese "pacifismo" be different for these two senses? You may believe in peace or be active about it, does it make a difference for a dictionary? pacifism is pacifism. Perhaps "an attitude or policy of nonresistance" is a new sense, especially in a non-political sense. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад)

like User:Atitarev--Pierpao (talk) 01:37, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

What does your comment mean? --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 01:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree with you--Pierpao (talk) 08:54, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

There is a countable sense of pacifism (see google books:"pacifisms"). Maybe this is what was meant. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 03:37, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

MWOnline has two definitions:

1. opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes; specifically: refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds
2. an attitude or policy of nonresistance

Some others at “pacifism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. have three senses.

I'm sorry that the same word may translate all the senses in some or all languages, requiring tedious copy-and-paste to indulge one's desire for completeness, but the English language dictionary is not for the convenience of translators. DCDuring TALK 04:14, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Failed. I replaced the definition with a {{rfdef}} for the countable sense. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 23:32, 14 July 2014 (UTC)