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I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.
Mark Boal

Meaning of "antiwar" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIWAR

antiwar  [ˌæntɪˈwɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIWAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antiwar is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTIWAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

antiwar

Anti-war movement

An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many activists distinguish between anti-war movements and peace movements. Anti-war activists work through protest and other grassroots means to attempt to pressure a government to put an end to a particular war or conflict.

Definition of antiwar in the English dictionary

The definition of antiwar in the dictionary is opposed to war.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIWAR


awa´
əˈwɔː
cyberwar
ˈsaɪbəˌwɔː
interwar
ˌɪntəˈwɔː
jowar
dʒəˈwɔː
men-of-war
ˌmenəˈwɔː
nonwar
ˈnɒnˈwɔː
outwar
aʊtˈwɔː
outwore
aʊtˈwɔː
prewar
ˌpriːˈwɔː
prowar
ˈprəʊˈwɔː
psywar
ˈsaɪˌwɔː
squaw
skwɔː
swore
swɔː
twa
twɔː
war
wɔː
Waugh
wɔː
waw
wɔː
wha
hwɔː
wore
wɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIWAR

antiunion
antiuniversity
antiurban
antivenene
antivenin
antivenom
antiviolence
antiviral
antivirus
antivitamin
antivivisection
antivivisectionist
antiwear
antiweed
antiwelfare
antiwhaling
antiwhite
antiwoman
antiworld
antiwrinkle

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIWAR

Bhubaneswar
civil war
cold war
council of war
Dewar
flame war
guerrilla war
holy war
Medawar
opium war
Peshawar
post-war
prisoner of war
shalwar
sloop of war
sowar
theatre of war
trade war
tug-of-war
turf war

Synonyms and antonyms of antiwar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antiwar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIWAR

Find out the translation of antiwar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antiwar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antiwar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contra la guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

antiwar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युद्धविरोधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضد الحرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антивоенная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antiguerra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুদ্ধবিরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anti-guerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antiwar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antikriegs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反戦の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antiwar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chống chiến tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போருக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरोधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

savaşkarşıtı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contro la guerra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antywojenny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антивоєнна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antirăzboi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπολεμικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antiwar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antiwar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antiwar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antiwar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIWAR»

The term «antiwar» is regularly used and occupies the 69.736 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIWAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «antiwar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «antiwar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antiwar

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7 QUOTES WITH «ANTIWAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word antiwar.
1
Yochai Benkler
Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.
2
Daniel Berrigan
We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
3
Mark Boal
I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.
4
George Clooney
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.
5
Bob Edwards
In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.
6
Hanoi Hannah
Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement.
7
Jim Walton
Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIWAR»

Discover the use of antiwar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antiwar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era
Examines the antiwar movement from its beginnings in the mid-50's to issues such as Black equality and the Vietnam War
Charles DeBenedetti, Charles Chatfield, 1990
2
Give Peace a Chance: Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement ...
This work offers an introduction to the best-known antiwar movement in United States history, written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the movement.
Melvin Small, William D. Hoover, 1992
3
Peace and Freedom: The Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements in ...
Based on comprehensive archival research, the book weaves together local and national stories to offer an illuminating and judicious chronicle of these movements, demonstrating how their increasingly radicalized components both found common ...
Simon Hall, 2011
4
Not in Our Name: American Antiwar Speeches, 1846 to the Present
"A collection of American antiwar speeches from every major conflict starting with the Mexican-American War.
Jesse Stellato, 2012
5
The Art of antiWAR (paradoxistInstruction Notebooks of ...
Fragments from the paradoxistINSTRUCTION Notebooks of Captain Gook:The antiwar of our entire nation is defined as being the army-impeded forces, skirmishing shoulder to shoulder with the civilian population, with the purpose of defeating ...
Florentin Smarandache, 2008
6
Assault on the Left: The FBI and the Sixties Antiwar Movement
A glimpse into the endlessly fascinating world that was the Sixties, this book reveals in new and disturbing detail the nature and extent of the FBI's war on the antiwar movement.
James Kirkpatrick Davis, 1997
7
War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most ...
This new edition offers an introduction contextualising Butler's speech and its importance on both sides of the fence decades after.
Smedley Darlington Butler, 2003
8
The Vietnam Antiwar Movement
Available as a single volume or as part of the 6 volume set Vietnam War
Walter L. Hixson, 2000
9
Antiwar Soldier: How to Dissent Within the Ranks of the Military
Warfare & defence.
Jonathan W. Hutto, 2008
10
We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from ...
We Who Dared to Say No to War uncovers some of the forgotten but compelling body of work from the American antiwar tradition—speeches, articles, poetry, book excerpts, political cartoons, and more—from people throughout our history who ...
Murray Polner, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIWAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antiwar is used in the context of the following news items.
1
While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It's Simmering at Home
Home · About Antiwar.com · Donate · Blog · US Casualties · Contact · Latest News. While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It's Simmering at ... «Antiwar.com, Jul 15»
2
First Draft | Jim Webb Candidacy Assures Another Antiwar Voice …
The entry of former Senator Jim Webb of Virginia into the field of Democrats running for president makes it certain that Hillary Rodham Clinton ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Liberty, Sovereignty, and US Foreign Policy
We here at Antiwar.com exist to reverse that fateful course. This fourth of July holiday weekend we rededicate ourselves to John Q. Adams's ... «Antiwar.com, Jul 15»
4
4777 Killed in Iraq during June
Antiwar.com, using news reports, found at least 3,311 militants were killed and 287 were wounded. Many of these deaths were reported by the ... «Antiwar.com, Jul 15»
5
On the US 'Sensitivity' to Civilian Deaths
It's Antiwar dot com, not because other issues are unimportant, or that readers here or elsewhere won't disagree on other big things. «Antiwar.com, Jul 15»
6
War Crimes? Us???
Antiwar.com ... Home · About Antiwar.com · Donate · Blog · US Casualties · Contact · Latest News. War Crimes? ..... Advertise on Antiwar.com. «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»
7
Topple the Cult of the Presidency
Lucy Steigerwald is a contributing editor for Antiwar.com and a columnist for VICE.com. She previously worked as an Associate Editor for ... «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»
8
Kirsten Powers is an antiabortion, antiwar evangelical liberal who …
“I was a Kool-Aid-drinking Democrat,” Kirsten Powers recalls wryly. That was in her 20s and early 30s, when she was an operator on the rise ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
9
Hundreds In Rare Antiwar Protest In Rebel-Held Donetsk, Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine -- At least 500 people have held a rare antiwar protest in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, Ukraine, calling on separatists to ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jun 15»
10
The Israeli-Saudi Alliance
Readers of Antiwar.com, however, are neither shocked nor surprised, since that breaking news broke here months if not years ago. (Thanks to ... «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»

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