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Dovish

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Dove  (dv)
n.
See Columba.
dove 1  (dv)
n.
1. Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.
2. A gentle, innocent person.
3. A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.
[Middle English douve, from Old English *dfe.]
dovish adj.
dovish·ness n.
dove 2  (dv)
v.
A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1. See Regional Note at wake1.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dovish - opposed to war
pacifist, pacifistic
peaceful, peaceable - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"


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That legacy hit the headlines in early December when the dovish education minister, Yuli Tamir, caused a storm by issuing a directive that the Green Line should be reintroduced in Israeli schoolbooks.
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For example, in the 1990s, highly respected former Vice Chairman Alan Blinder found himself at policy odds with Chairman GreensPan after being perceived as taking a particularly dovish tone at the Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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In its 2005 budget, the federal government pledged an additional $11 billion to the armed forces over five years, a move supported even by the New Democrats, Canada's dovish social-democratic party.
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