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non-militant adjective (alsononmilitant)uk /ˌnɒnˈmɪl.ɪ.tənt/ us /ˌnɑːnˈmɪl.ɪ.tənt/ not preferring to use violence or force to achieve something: As an ardent feminist, she was nonmilitant in her principles, preferring to defend women's rights with words and ideas. His cousin was a non-militant activist who employed peaceful methods of protest as a way to draw attention to the injustices of the world. He was a nonmilitant animal-rights advocate who worked tirelessly to nurse stray animals and find homes for them. She was a member of the non-militant wing of the movement for women's suffrage. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Peaceful and tranquil balm beatitude consonance coolness dust low-traffic lull peaceable peaceably peacefully quieten restfulness sequestered sleepiness sleepy soothing soothingly the calm before the stormidiom the dust settlesidiom the lull before the stormidiom not part of an army or other group that is fighting a war: The fighting was done in a desert far from the city, and as a result there were few non-militant casualties. The region's nonmilitant population consisted mostly of farmers, peasants, and clerics. They went on a heroic rescue effort to evacuate any non-militant occupants from the city as it was being invaded. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Soldiers & people who fight in wars anti-guerrilla Anzac berserker capability cavalryman citizen soldier comrade ex-serviceman ex-servicewoman foot soldier headhunter paramilitary raider recruit scout skirmisher soldier of fortune unsoldierly vassal war party |