dovish

English

Alternative forms

• doveish

Etymology

From dove +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌvɪʃ/

Adjective

dovish (comparative more dovish, superlative most dovish)

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. (figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.

   Antonym: hawkish

   • 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 […].

3. Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.

   Antonym: hawkish

   The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.

Translations

like a dove

• Italian: come una colomba, da agnellino
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• Russian: голуби́ный (ru) (golubínyj)

peaceful, conciliatory, pacifist

• Georgian: მშვიდობისმოყვარე (mšvidobismoq̇vare), არაინტერვენციონისტი (arainṭervencionisṭi), კონფლიქტების მშვიდობიანი გზებით მოგვარების მომხრე (ḳonplikṭebis mšvidobiani gzebit mogvarebis momxre), სადავო საკითხების მშვიდობიანი მეთოდებით მოგვარების მომხრე (sadavo saḳitxebis mšvidobiani metodebit mogvarebis momxre)
• Italian: pacato (it), tranquillo (it), morigerato (it), equilibrato (it), conservatore (it), contenuto (it), pacifista (it)
• Romanian: iubitor al păcii m or n, pacifist (ro) m or n
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• Russian: ми́рный (ru) (mírnyj), примири́тельный (ru) (primirítelʹnyj), пацифи́стский (ru) (pacifístskij), голуби́ный (ru) (golubínyj)
• Spanish: columbino (es)