militarism Definition
mili·ta·rism (mil′ə tə riz′əm)
noun
- military spirit; attitudes of professional soldiers
- the glorification or prevalence of such a spirit, attitudes, etc. in a nation, or the predominance of the military caste in government
- the policy of maintaining a strong military organization in aggressive preparedness for war
Etymology: Fr militarisme
militarism Synonyms
militarism Usage Examples
Preposition: of
power: Still mesmerized by America, critical social science offers us little grip on the nuclear militarism of the Asian great powers.
Converse of object
- oppose: The real alternative is a new mass party of the working class, pledged to oppose militarism by establishing a new democratic socialist society.
- increase: The increasing militarism of his country led almost inevitably to the unsuccessful Kaiserschlacht - Emperor's War - on the Western Front in 1918.
- glorify: Activity Three They glorify militarism and war, stereotyping a 'common enemy' and providing justification for mass violence.
- support: To say that you were in favor of workers ' sanctions was to support militarism.
Noun used with modifier
- risk-transfer: III ' Just war ' theory and risk-transfer militarism How do we evaluate the legitimacy of this new way of war?
- century: They also remind us that the origins of 20th century militarism in Ireland lie in the 1912-14 period of Tory-led armed conspiracy.
Adjective modifier
- Prussian: More calamitous still was the Unionist decision to cast in its lot with Prussian militarism during the First World War.
- Japanese: But this worries Japan's Asian neighbors, which were victims of Japanese militarism in the first half of the 20th century.
- German: Hitler has now become the symbol of the return of German militarism.
- American: It appears that Europe provides an alternative to American militarism.
- French: But if French forces find themselves in direct conflict with the Ivorian army, French militarism in West Africa will stand exposed.
- aggressive: The author argued that the portrayal of this state as the source of German aggressive militarism was a caricature.
Preposition: in
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