DOVISH Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

dovish

adjective

as in pacifist

inclined to live in peace and to avoid war the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go

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Recent Examples of dovish And with no serious domestic pressure to adopt more dovish policies, there is little standing in the way of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and its complete destruction of Gaza. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The one-two dovish punch (behavior that is more supportive of keeping interest rates low) was enough to trim rate-hike expectations sharply. — Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Stock market futures, meanwhile, posted solid gains amid the expectations for a more dovish Fed. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Such a dovish approach risks market instability and rising long-term rates. — David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 But while the short term offers little room to cut, Wall Street knows Warsh has dovish longer-term views. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2026 New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has adopted a hybrid dovish-hawkish stance on monetary policy over the past two years. — Andrew Moran, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2026 However, if the Fed signals further cuts ahead or adopts a more dovish tone in its April communications, that alone could shift market expectations. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

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The original short centered on a young Russian artist who secretly replaced food labels in a Moscow supermarket with pacifist messages, an act that ultimately led to her arrest and the threat of a 10-year prison sentence.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
In the decades since then, Japan has largely adopted a pacifist stance that disavows its imperial past.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pacifist

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National Aquarium cams The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, operates a series of cameras of marine animals, including reef sharks, jellyfish and fish in a Pacific coral reef.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 June 2026
These conditions tend to suppress Atlantic hurricane development, whereas the eastern and central Pacific hurricane seasons are typically more active during strong El Niño events.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026

Definition of pacific

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Her biggest concern is that creating an academy modeled after the military service academies would conflate what NASA does—the peaceful, civil exploration of space—with military activities undertaken by the US Space Force.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Indigenous leaders played a prominent role in protests demanding the resignation of Porras and the peaceful transfer of power to Arévalo.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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