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DOVISHNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dovishness" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dovishness"):

peace advocacy (any policy that advocates maintaining peaceful international relations)

Antonym:

hawkishness (any political orientation favoring aggressive policies)

Derivation:

dovish (opposed to war)

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