What does dovish mean?
Dovish means Pertaining to a dove; dove-like..
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/ˈdʌvɪʃ/ · adjective
Pertaining to a dove; dove-like..
According to Kathleen A. Francovic, director of surveys for CBS News, it was the “war and peace” issue that seemed to separate the sexes in 1980, with women predictably perched on the dovish side.
Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes.
Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin […].
It is entirely possible, for example, that Cameron’s dovish views on China, criticised by many, will not survive now that he is back in office.
The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.
A dovish policy keeps unemployment close to 6 percent and lets the price level swing more widely to absorb economic shocks.
By appearing more dovish than the central bank actually is, the trade-off it faces between stabilization of inflation and stabilization fo the output gap is likely to worsen.
Use dovish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dovish means Pertaining to a dove; dove-like..
Common synonyms include irenic, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike.
Possible antonyms include hawkish.
According to Kathleen A. Francovic, director of surveys for CBS News, it was the “war and peace” issue that seemed to separate the sexes in 1980, with women predictably perched on the dovish side.
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