martial
adjective
inclined or disposed to war; warlike.
martialism
-
a word derived from
martial.
Example Sentences
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Bu means military or martial when used as an adjective, but it is also very commonly used as a concrete noun; and in that case it may be translated as martialism.
From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Baron Kencho Suyematsu
Whether he was exactly the kind of man to have enjoyed the livelier side of martialism may be the subject of considerable doubt.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
