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Anti-War Movement

Definition

An anti-war movement is a social or political movement that opposes wars or specific types of war. Participants may be pacifists who generally oppose all war or they may be opposed only to specific wars because they see them as unjust or illegal.

Related terms

Pacifism: A belief system that opposes war or violence as means of settling disputes or gaining advantage.

Conscientious Objector: An individual who has claimed the right to refuse military service based on freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

Peace Movement: A social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, and is often linked to the goal of achieving world peace.

"Anti-War Movement" appears in:

Subjects (1)

AP US History

Study guides (2)

AP US Government - 3.10 Social Movements and Equal Protection
AP US Government - 4.4 Influence of Political Events on Ideology

Practice Questions (1)

What differentiates the government's response to the Civil Rights Movement from its reaction to the Anti-War Movement in the 1960s?

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