militant
Origin of militant
Synonyms for militant
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hostility, aggressiveness, enmity, resentment, disaffection, hatred, animosity, pugnacity, antagonism, belligerence, blitz, fight, belligerency, push, destructiveness, detestation, rancor, estrangement, aggression, spiteExamples from the Web for militancy
Contemporary Examples of militancy
“Pakistan has to change the narrative about militancy,” said Kakar .
He said he had found it repulsive, because to him it had advocated Islamic militancy.
Slovyansk serves as the main base for the militancy across the region.
Then in 2007 he had joined the pro-Kremlin, pro “Eurasian” youth group, Nashi, to hone his militancy.
Jaber openly denounced the violent Islamist militancy of AQAP, teaching at a government school where he hoped to promote peace.
Historical Examples of militancy
It is coloured with all the militancy of the author's temperament.
William ShakespeareJohn Masefield
They may be narrowed by militancy, or they may be widened by industrialism.
Nothing could have been more militant than her denunciation of militancy.
Ramsey MilhollandBooth Tarkington
Militancy was a bad symptom which showed the need of action.
The Annual Register 1914Anonymous
All too soon, it may be, had the boroughs put off their militancy.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland