noun
- a person who strongly advocates for peace and opposes war or violence, especially as part of a political movement
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
Examples
- The peacenik organized protests against the military intervention.
- During the Vietnam War, many peaceniks gathered in Washington to demonstrate.
- He was labeled a peacenik for his opposition to nuclear weapons.
- The senator dismissed his critics as naive peaceniks.
- She proudly called herself a peacenik and worked for conflict resolution.
- The peacenik movement gained momentum in the 1960s.