conscientious objector
noun
Simple meaning
Someone who refuses to perform military service because of religious or moral principles.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kɑnʃiˈɛnʃəsəbˈdʒɛktɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.
Used this way, conscientious objector is a specialist word with a clearly warm, approving pull. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Honest and open
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Religion/spirituality
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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