Peacelessness

Pronunciation

RP IPA: /ËˆpiËslÉ™snÉ™s/

Origin

peaceless + -ness

Full definition of peacelessness

Noun

peacelessness

(uncountable)

Discord; simmering conflict; a state often preluding war.

1974: International peace research newsletter, volume 12:2, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a9YVAAAAIAAJ&q=peacelessness&dq=peacelessness&ei=F5vPSMKKB43wjAHG_YX1Cw&pgis=1 pages 16The conditions of peacelessness lead to aggression, internalised and open; aggression to violence, violence to bloodshed, to the destruction of life, civilization and values; and all these to mini wars. & 17

as viewed by those who suffer from peacelessness thus, do not always disturb peace but quite often are mere symptoms of acute peacelessness and sometimes a relief.

1989: Keizai KÅhÅ SentÄ, Speaking of Japan, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZLW0AAAAIAAJ&q=peacelessness&dq=peacelessness&ei=F5vPSMKKB43wjAHG_YX1Cw&pgis=1 pages 6We now understand that peacelessness comes not only out of the barrel of a gun. & 7