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The 43 pages that link to Pacifism, each with the reason it gives.

• Nonviolent resistanceCompared with: Nonviolent resistance is a strategy of opposition; pacifism is a broader stance toward violence.

• Just war theoryCompared with: Unlike just-war theory, pacifism rejects or sharply limits recourse to war itself.

• Bertrand RussellRelated: Russell’s changing stance on war made pacifism a central, contested part of his public legacy.

• ConscriptionCompared with: Pacifism can motivate refusal of both military service and participation in war.

• Conscientious objectionNarrower topic: Pacifism is a broader conviction that can motivate, but is not required for, objection.

• AnabaptismRelated: Nonresistance and peace-making became defining convictions in several Anabaptist traditions.

• AhimsaRelated: Both traditions resist violence, but ahimsa also addresses ordinary conduct toward living beings.

• Article 9 of the Japanese ConstitutionRelated: Article 9 gives pacifist principles constitutional force while leaving their scope contested.

• Benjamin BrittenRelated: Britten’s pacifism found its most prominent musical expression in the War Requiem.

• NeutralityCompared with: Pacifism opposes war as a principle; neutrality does not necessarily judge the war itself.

• Anti-war movementRelated: Pacifist commitments have inspired many anti-war campaigns, though not all opponents of a war are pacifists.

• NonviolenceCompared with: Pacifism is an ethical stance; nonviolence can also describe a practical method of resistance.

• Peace movementBroader topic: Some peace organizations are pacifist, while others oppose particular wars without rejecting all uses of force.

• Bertha von SuttnerNarrower topic: Suttner's writing and organizing developed within this broader tradition.

• MilitarismCompared with: Pacifism rejects militarism’s reliance on armed force as a policy instrument.

• Gabriele D'AnnunzioCompared with: Its rejection of militarism stands against D'Annunzio's interventionist rhetoric and wartime celebrity.

• Jean JaurèsNarrower topic: Jaurès’s efforts to avert war made him a lasting reference point for French pacifists.

• Jehovah’s WitnessesRelated: Witness refusal of military service arises from religious neutrality, though it is not identical to every form of pacifism.

• SatyagrahaCompared with: Satyagraha requires active resistance, while pacifism can describe a broader opposition to violence without a resistance method.

• Anti-fascismCompared with: Pacifist commitments conflict with anti-fascist strategies that endorse physical resistance.

• Christian pacifismNarrower topic: Christian pacifism is one religious form of a wider ethical position.

• NonresistanceNarrower topic: Nonresistance is one possible practice within the broader family of pacifist beliefs.

• Women's International League for Peace and FreedomNarrower topic: The league’s opposition to war places it within organized pacifist movements.

• Japanese pacifismNarrower topic: Japanese pacifism is a historically specific tradition within this broader family of ideas.

• Catholic Worker MovementRelated: Many Catholic Workers express their antiwar commitments through pacifist witness and refusal of military service.

• Conscientious objectorRelated: Pacifism can motivate objection, but objectors need not oppose every war or all violence.

• Adolfo Pérez EsquivelRelated: Its ethical rejection of violence overlaps with, but is broader than, his nonviolent activism.

• Dorothy DayRelated: Day’s refusal to support war shaped her journalism, protests, and response to political pressure.

• Menno SimonsRelated: Simons’s nonresistant teaching gave pacifism a lasting place in Mennonite identity.

• Tax resistanceRelated: War-tax resisters may refuse payment because they reject financing military force.

• AntimilitarismRelated: Pacifism often grounds antimilitarist opposition to war, though not every antimilitarist rejects all violence.

• DawnCompared with: Elisha’s assigned execution tests the absolute refusal of violence against armed resistance.

• Anarcho-pacifismNarrower topic: Anarcho-pacifism extends pacifist commitments to opposition to state power.

• Frédéric PassyNarrower topic: Passy’s career exemplifies organized, political pacifism rather than a purely personal refusal of violence.

• Romain RollandNarrower topic: Rolland’s public identity during the First World War was defined by his antiwar stance.

• Emily Greene BalchNarrower topic: Balch became a prominent advocate of organized, international pacifism.

• Neutral countryCompared with: A neutral state may use force to defend its territory, unlike pacifism's principled opposition to war.

• Anti-patriotismRelated: Pacifists may resist patriotic appeals to support war without rejecting all attachment to country.

• Carl von OssietzkyNarrower topic: His lifelong opposition to militarism shaped both his journalism and the Nobel citation.

• Conscientious objection to military taxationRelated: Pacifism can motivate refusal, but it does not necessarily entail resisting military taxation.

• Ernesto Teodoro MonetaNarrower topic: Moneta’s record tests how peace activism can coexist with patriotic and military commitments.

• Jeannette RankinNarrower topic: Rankin’s antiwar votes expressed a principled commitment to nonviolence.

• Tobias AsserCompared with: Asser pursued peace through legal institutions rather than rejecting war as a principle.