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This article is from the Anarchy FAQ, by Bryan Caplan with numerous contributions by others.

Are anarchists pacifists?

Again, this is a complicated question because "pacifism" has at least two distinct meanings. It may mean "opposition to all violence," or it may mean "opposition to all war (i.e., organized violent conflict between governments)." Some anarchists are pacifists in the first sense; a very large majority of anarchists are pacifists in the weaker, second sense.