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Idealism vs Pacifism - What's the difference?

idealism | pacifism |

As nouns the difference between idealism and pacifism

is that idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life while pacifism is the doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence.

idealism

English

(wikipedia idealism)

Noun

  • The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  • (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

    • Synonyms

    * (philosophy) philosophical idealism

    Antonyms

    * (philosophy) materialism

    Derived terms

    * epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealism

    Related terms

    * idealist * idealistic * idealistically

    See also

    * realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalism

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism

    pacifism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pacifism)
  • The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence.

    • Related terms

    * pacific * pacifist

    Antonyms

    * bellicism * militarism