Dovish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÊŒvɪʃ/

Alternative forms

• doveish

Origin

From dove + -ish.

Full definition of dovish

Adjective

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. Peaceful, conciliatory.
• 2006 July 18, Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, page 3:Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes.
• 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 210:Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin ….

Antonyms

• (peaceful) hawkish