NONBELLIGERENTS Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

nonbelligerents

noun

plural of nonbelligerent

as in pacifists

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However, it was criticized by pacifists at home and China for deviating from Japan’s postwar self-defense only principle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025

Definition of pacifists

Noun

Infrastructure issues, higher insurance costs Even if residents don’t like the price tag, defenders of the emergency fees told Grace that long-standing infrastructure issues must be addressed.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Chop Robinson played 50 snaps, had a sack and eight QB pressures and rated fifth of 17 Dolphins defenders.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of defenders

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What matters are the peacemakers, and the true tension of the series rests in their decisions to either respond to provocation in kind or to respond to provocation with kindness.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Because of this movement, most people in the world have now seen women who are astronauts, union organizers and farmers, liberators and peacemakers.

— Gloria Steinem, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of peacemakers

Noun

The pink tour poster featured illustrations of doves carrying olive branches and symbols of the pro-Palestinian movement including a watermelon and the fishnet motif of keffiyeh fabric.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Lizzie’s desire to kill her parents is inflamed, for example, by Abby (Rebecca Hall) killing her beloved doves.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of doves

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