Antimilitarist

/ˌæntiːˈmɪlɪtərɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who opposes military power, military spending, or military solutions to conflicts.

Etymology

From antimilitarism + -ist (person who practices or believes in). First used in the late 19th century for political activists.

Kelly Says

Antimilitarists have included everyone from Quakers to some scientists—the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer actually became an antimilitarist AFTER helping build the atomic bomb!

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