Meaning & use
Peacenik
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An informal, sometimes mildly disparaging term for a person who actively advocates for peace, especially opposition to war.
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The peaceniks gathered outside the capitol with signs calling for an end to the conflict.
He was dismissed by hawks in the administration as just another peacenik.
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Coined in the 1960s by combining 'peace' with the Yiddish-derived suffix '-nik,' the same pattern that produced 'beatnik.'
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