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dovishness

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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
Noun1.dovishness - any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict
ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
peace advocacy - any policy that advocates maintaining peaceful international relations
hawkishness - any political orientation favoring aggressive policies


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A report recently published by the Army War College, not heretofore noted for dovishness, calls the war in Iraq an "unnecessary" detour from focusing on the threat posed by al Qaeda.
Tilting at Windmills by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
A pause does not mean done, however, given the dovishness of the pervious paragraph, don't look for the upward march of rates to resume at the September meeting, however, if we don't see inflation moderating or at least stop accelerating, we might see another increase at the following meeting.
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But the Pentagon dovishness on Lebanon was finally outweighed by the hwkishness of the NSC, which, under Ronald Reagan, had taken on a crazy cowboy quality.
What America hasn't learned from its greatest peacekeeping disaster by Shuger, Scott / Washington Monthly
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