Meanings
Origin
Originally coined by those who opposed the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 要做爱，不要作战
- 要做爱，不要作战 (yào zuò'ài, búyào zuòzhàn)hippie anti-war slogan
Esperanto amoru, ne militu
- amoru, ne milituhippie anti-war slogan
Finnish rakkautta, ei sotaa
- rakkautta, ei sotaahippie anti-war slogan
French faites l’amour, pas la guerre
- faites l’amour, pas la guerrehippie anti-war slogan
German Mach Liebe, nicht Krieg
- Mach Liebe, nicht Krieghippie anti-war slogan
Japanese 戦争をしないで恋をしよう
- 戦争をしないで恋をしよう (sensō wo shinai de koi wo shiyō)hippie anti-war slogan
Polish czyń miłość, nie wojnę
- czyń miłość, nie wojnęhippie anti-war slogan
Russian твори любовь, а не войну, занимайтесь любовью, а не войной
- твори любовь, а не войну (tvori ljubovʹ, a ne vojnu)hippie anti-war slogan
- занимайтесь любовью, а не войной (zanimajtesʹ ljubovʹju, a ne vojnoj)hippie anti-war slogan
Spanish haz el amor, no la guerra
- haz el amor, no la guerrahippie anti-war slogan
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APA
make love, not war. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20love%2C%20not%20war
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“make love, not war.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20love%2C%20not%20war. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make love, not war,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20love%2C%20not%20war.
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