Meaning of MILITARISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'militu`rizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] aggressiveness that involves the threat of using military force |
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| | Definition: | | \Mil"i*ta*rism\, n. [Cf. F. militarisme.]
1. A military state or condition; reliance on military force
in administering government; a military system.
2. The spirit and traditions of military life. --H. Spencer.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarchy, aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, appeasement, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, balance of power, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, brinkmanship, chauvinism, coalition government, coexistence, colonialism, combativeness, commonwealth, compromise, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, containment, contentiousness, democracy, detente, deterrence, dictatorship, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, Eisenhower Doctrine, expansionism, federal government, federation, ferocity, feudal system, fierceness, fight, foreign affairs, foreign policy, garrison state, gerontocracy, good-neighbor policy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, hostility, imperialism, internationalism, isolationism, jingoism, limited monarchy, manifest destiny, martial law, martialism, meritocracy, militancy, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, Monroe Doctrine, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, Nixon Doctrine, nonresistance, ochlocracy, oligarchy, open door, open-door policy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, police state, preparedness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, pure democracy, quarrelsomeness, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, saber rattling, self-determination, self-government, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, social democracy, spheres of influence, stratocracy, technocracy, the big stick, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, tough policy, triarchy, triumvirate, truculence, Truman Doctrine, tyranny, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering, warpath, welfare state, world politics |
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