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Meaning of MILITANCY

Pronunciation:  m'ilutunsee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a militant aggressiveness
 
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 Synonyms: combativeness, militance
 
 See Also: aggressiveness, scrappiness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mil"i*tan*cy\, n. [See {Militant}.]
1. The state of being militant; warfare.
2. A military spirit or system; militarism. --H. Spencer.
 
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 Related Terms: action, activeness, activism, activity, aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, business, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, doings, fight, goings-on, hostility, jingoism, martialism, militarism, motion, movement, political activism, proceedings, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, saber rattling, stir, truculence, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering, warpath
 

 

 

 

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