militarism
noun
mil·i·ta·rism
ˈmi-lə-tə-ˌri-zəm 
1
a
: predominance of the military class or its ideals
b
: exaltation of military virtues and ideals
2
: a policy of aggressive military preparedness
Examples of militarism in a Sentence
The administration has been criticized for the militarism of its foreign policy.
Recent Examples on the Web
That move is not without controversy, especially in China and other parts of Asia that suffered hugely under Japan’s World War II era militarism.
—
Hanako Montgomery, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Not far from a bust of Frederick the Great (nationalism), a lavishly mustachioed army officer (militarism) marches pompously across the square.
—Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Likud long prided itself on combining staunch Jewish nationalism, even militarism, with a commitment to liberal democracy.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
Some activists were part of the Third World Liberation Front, a student group that linked racial segregation and discrimination in the United States to colonialism, imperialism and militarism across the globe.
—Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
If Russia is not deterred, a renewal of its militarism could coincide with a confrontation between the United States and China over Taiwan.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Drone Wars UK appeared outside the king's official residence in Edinburgh on Tuesday to highlight concerns about the environmental impact of spaceports and their role in bolstering militarism, The National reports.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
But over approximately the last decade, militarism and nationalism in both Washington and Beijing have increased—a trend accelerated by Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump—creating a destructive spiral.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
As the historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez has chronicled, twentieth-century white evangelicals developed a conception of Christian masculinity that embraced militarism, pugnacity, and John Wayne.
—Charles McCrary, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
Hanako Montgomery, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Not far from a bust of Frederick the Great (nationalism), a lavishly mustachioed army officer (militarism) marches pompously across the square.
—Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Likud long prided itself on combining staunch Jewish nationalism, even militarism, with a commitment to liberal democracy.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
Some activists were part of the Third World Liberation Front, a student group that linked racial segregation and discrimination in the United States to colonialism, imperialism and militarism across the globe.
—Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
If Russia is not deterred, a renewal of its militarism could coincide with a confrontation between the United States and China over Taiwan.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Drone Wars UK appeared outside the king's official residence in Edinburgh on Tuesday to highlight concerns about the environmental impact of spaceports and their role in bolstering militarism, The National reports.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
But over approximately the last decade, militarism and nationalism in both Washington and Beijing have increased—a trend accelerated by Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump—creating a destructive spiral.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
As the historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez has chronicled, twentieth-century white evangelicals developed a conception of Christian masculinity that embraced militarism, pugnacity, and John Wayne.
—Charles McCrary, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
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militarism
noun
mil·i·ta·rism
ˈmil-ə-tə-ˌriz-əm
1
: control or rule by a military class
2
: extreme admiration and praise of military virtues and ideals
3
: a policy of aggressive military readiness
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