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adjective
- 1. advocating or pursuing an aggressive military policy; hawkish: "they continue to pursue a militaristic policy"
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MILITARISTIC definition: 1. supporting the idea of having powerful armed forces in a country: 2. supporting the idea of…. Learn more.
Militaristic means emphasizing readiness to wage war. A militaristic government is focused on building up its armed forces, and often acts aggressively toward other countries. When members of an army are regularly seen marching through city streets, you can describe that city as militaristic.
Definition of militaristic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Militaristic is used to describe groups, ideas, or policies which support the strengthening of the armed forces of their country in order to make it more powerful.
1. Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class. 2. Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state. 3. A policy in which military preparedness is of primary importance to a state. mil′i·ta·rist n. mil′i·ta·ris′tic (-rĭs′tĭk) adj. mil′i·ta·ris′ti·cal·ly adv.
1. a. : predominance of the military class or its ideals. b. : exaltation of military virtues and ideals. 2. : a policy of aggressive military preparedness. militarist. ˈmi-lə-tə-rist. noun or adjective. militaristic. ˌmi-lə-tə-ˈri-stik. adjective. militaristically. ˌmi-lə-tə-ˈri-sti-k (ə-)lē. adverb. Examples of militarism in a Sentence.
The earliest known use of the adjective militaristic is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for militaristic is from 1898, in Journal of Political Economy . militaristic is formed within English, by derivation.
noun. a strong military spirit or policy. the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment. the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military. militarism. / ˈmɪlɪtəˌrɪzəm /.
Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values. [1] .
Definitions of militarism. noun. a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. see more.
