平和運動(へいわうんどう)

へいわうんどう
noun
peace movement; pacifist movement
societypolitics
1. peace movement; pacifist movement
An organized movement that advocates for peace, nuclear disarmament, and an end to war. In Japan, the term carries particular weight given the country's experience with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
平和運動(へいわうんどう)に力(ちから)を入(い)れる。
To put effort into the peace movement.
広島(ひろしま)は世界的(せかいてき)な平和運動(へいわうんどう)の拠点(きょてん)だ。
Hiroshima is a center of the global peace movement.
核兵器(かくへいき)廃絶(はいぜつ)を訴(うった)える平和運動(へいわうんどう)が世界中(せかいじゅう)で広(ひろ)がっている。
Peace movements calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons are spreading throughout the world.

In Japan, the peace movement is closely linked to the antinuclear movement (反核運動(はんかくうんどう)) following the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Compare: 平和活動(へいわかつどう) (peace activities)
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