anti-war
adjective
an·ti-war
ˌan-tē-ˈwȯr 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antiwar
: opposed to war
anti-war demonstrations
antiwar activists
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And yet, from the ACLU to the Washington Post and the New York Times, the institutional guardians of the Left made a concerted effort to cede those causes to the mosh posh of crunchy anti-war peaceniks, classical conservatives, frat bros, and ordinary Americans who make up MAGA.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
It was created in the wake of US involvement in the Vietnam War, during which time the FBI had been compiling dossiers on anti-war activists.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
China has refused to label Russia's invasion as such and has censored anti-war sentiment at home.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
And a cover-up may have furthered the aims of domestic espionage operations like the CIA’s CHAOS and the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which targeted and discredited radical movements whether hippies, Black Panthers, or anti-war activists.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
It was created in the wake of US involvement in the Vietnam War, during which time the FBI had been compiling dossiers on anti-war activists.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
China has refused to label Russia's invasion as such and has censored anti-war sentiment at home.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
And a cover-up may have furthered the aims of domestic espionage operations like the CIA’s CHAOS and the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which targeted and discredited radical movements whether hippies, Black Panthers, or anti-war activists.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Anti-war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-war. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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