peacework

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peacework (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of peace work
    • 2006, Kathleen H. Dockett, G. Rita Dudley-Grant, C. Peter Bankart, Psychology and Buddhism: From Individual to Global Community:
      Although Buddhist thinkers have been critical of all absolutes, including legal ones, the practical benefits of law as social contract are an important part of peacework by stabilizing social compromise.
    • 2010, Laura Sjoberg, Sandra Via, Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives, page 159:
      In this new interpretation, not only did women possess a special obligation toward peace but they were also uniquely apt at peacework []