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militarist

[mil-i-ter-ist] / ˈmɪl ɪ tər ɪst /


NOUN
war hawk
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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

The progress from cannibalism to Herbert Spencer—The disappearance of religious oppression by government—Disappearance of the duel—The Crusaders and the Holy Sepulchre—The wail of militarist writers at man's drift away from militancy.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell




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