militarist

Example Sentences

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Germany reconciled with France long before it expressed remorse for its militarist past.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

The flag was met with angry protests by the prior Seoul government, due to its connections to Japan’s militarist past.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023

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

Canada's chief neighbour was the United States—on the whole, not a militarist country—and there was little fear of military aggression.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas