anti-military

adjective

an·​ti-mil·​i·​tary
ˌan-tē-ˈmi-lə-ˌter-ē,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-military (audio)
variants or antimilitary
: characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward the military
postwar antimilitary sentiment
anti-military protests

Examples of anti-military in a Sentence

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Dukakis, painted by the GOP as anti-military, did serve for two years in the U.S. Army in Korea toward the end of the Korean War. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024 What happens if the medium that once drew 200,000 in Recife to see Hair in defiance of the government, who thought it anti-military, no longer merits the same huge spaces that were once dedicated to it? Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024 For instance, shortly after Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood sided with the military junta against the liberal side’s anti-military protests. Muhammad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2016 The state censorship machine could not keep up with the flood of viral videos on social media spreading Mr. Khan’s anti-military messages. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 But the military has used an especially heavy hand ahead of this vote, analysts say, a reflection of the growing anti-military fervor in the country stoked by Mr. Khan. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Khatami said major layoffs at Google announced in January pushed him to get more involved in the Alphabet Workers Union, which provides resources to Khatami and other union members in an anti-military working group — though the union has not taken a formal stance on Project Nimbus. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023 Move Forward capitalized on this anti-royalist, anti-military sentiment, which became the bedrock of the party’s progressive platform. Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023 An anti-military authority drama turning on a teen who enrols in a military academy looking for a better future. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-military was in 1764

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“Anti-military.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-military. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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