militarist
Americannoun
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a supporter of or believer in militarism
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a devotee of military history, strategy, etc
Other Word Forms
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antimilitaristnoun
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antimilitaristicadjective
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militaristicadjective
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overmilitaristicadjective
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promilitaristadjective
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pseudomilitaristicadjective
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quasi-militaristicadjective
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unmilitaristicadjective
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antimilitaristicallyadverb
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militaristicallyadverb
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overmilitaristicallyadverb
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quasi-militaristicallyadverb
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unmilitaristicallyadverb
Etymology
Origin of militarist
First recorded in 1595–1605; militar(y) + -ist
Vocabulary lists containing militarist
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Example Sentences
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The anti-torture movement resists that part of militarist ideology that says war can be waged without moral or legal limits.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
He writes, for example, that, “like Spartans, Wehrmacht soldiers were effused with militarist doctrine, chronically short of men, brilliantly led on the battlefield — and often deployed for imbecilic strategic ends.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
The Soviet leadership considered Reagan an implacable militarist.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 24, 2017
Her passion drove the set as she paired literal head bangs with her gyrating moves, alternating between furious bursts of dance and controlled, militarist actions such as saluting and marching.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2016
Without any exception known to me, militarist authors take a highly mystical view of their subject, and regard war as a biological or sociological necessity....
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell
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