peacework

English

Etymology

peace +‎ work

Noun

peacework (uncountable)

1. The art or process of negotiating peace.
   • 2006, Kathleen H. Dockett, G. Rita Dudley-Grant, C. Peter Bankart, Psychology and Buddhism: From Individual to Global Community:

     Although Buddhist thinkers have been critical of all absolutes, including legal ones, the practical benefits of law as social contract are an important part of peacework by stabilizing social compromise.

   • 2010, Laura Sjoberg, Sandra Via, Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives, page 159:

     In this new interpretation, not only did women possess a special obligation toward peace but they were also uniquely apt at peacework […]

Related terms

• peace process