peacespeakとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

peacespeak ‎(uncountable)

1. The jargon of pacifism and anti-war discourse.
   • 1987, Leonard I. Sweet, The Lion's Pride: America and the Peaceable Community, Abingdon Press (1987), ISBN 9780687218578, page 38:

     […] the chief purpose of our armed forces would be not to "win wars" but to "avert wars," our leaders would be talking to us in "peacespeak," not "nukespeak," […]

   • 1989, David Lyon, "Against The Stream", Third Way, Volume 12, Number 4, April 1989, page 17:

     At the same time, we must not be uncritical of 'peacespeak' which sometimes glosses over the stark realities of painful choices in a fallen world.

   • 2001, Eamon Delaney, The Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service, 1987-1995, New Island (2001), ISBN 9781902602394, page 336:

     But love-bombing, the Unionists couldn't handle. The long arm of 'friendship' is much more insidious. Irish nationalism takes many forms and peacespeak is just one of them.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:peacespeak.

反意語

• warspeak