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Webster 1913 Edition
Dovish
Dov′ish
,Adj.
1.
Like a dove; harmless; innocent.
“Joined with dovish simplicity.” Latimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dovish
DOVISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
dovish
dovish
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
dovish (comparative more dovish, superlative most dovish)
- Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
- 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 […].
- 2006 July 18, Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, page 3:
- Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.
- The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.
Antonyms
- (peaceful): hawkish
Translations
like a dove
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