dovish

• doveish

From dove +‎ -ish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌvɪʃ/

dovish (comparative more dovish, superlative most dovish)

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. 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 […].

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.

• (peaceful): hawkish