noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Refers to the ideology or principle of opposing war and violence, often used in political, philosophical, or personal contexts.
彼は平和主義の立場から戦争に反対した。
He opposed the war from a pacifist standpoint.
日本国憲法は平和主
The Constitution of Japan advocates pacifism.
Compound of 平和 (peace) and 主義 (principle, -ism). The term is a direct conceptual borrowing from Western political thought, likely entering Japanese in the late 19th or early 20th century.