How to Use militarism in a Sentence

militarism

noun

• The administration has been criticized for the militarism of its foreign policy.
• In fact, the second emerging pillar of the Trump Doctrine is militarism.
  — Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2017
• That militarism appeared to seep into those around him last week.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2020
• King was a staunch anti-war activist and spoke firmly against U.S. militarism in the Vietnam War.
  — Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue, 15 Jan. 2018
• King had concluded that militarism, like poverty, was stalling the U.S. from living up to its ideals.
  — Russell Contreras, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2018
• King was distressed at the shift in attention from human needs to militarism.
  — Livia Gershon, Longreads, 30 May 2018
• Many well-intending faces do as well, for reasons that have nothing to do with militarism.
  — Adrian Bonenberger, The New Republic, 4 June 2019
• All this is explored through the eyes of Mr Stanley’s two subjects, both of whom resisted the tide of militarism and xenophobia.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2019
• No clear event, no Reichstag fire, marked the moment when the country lurched into militarism.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
• The artist responds with caustic irony to the rigid Polish school system, which imposes rules on children with streaks of militarism.
  — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2023
• But the move was deeply sensitive in a nation that is still intensely conscious of the consequences of its past militarism.
  — Stephen Collinson and Nicole Gaouette, CNN, 1 June 2017
• Beijing is quick to accuse Mr. Abe of returning Japan to militarism.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017
• Neither the signatories of the pact nor the League of Nations was willing or able to stem the rise of militarism during the decade that followed and its apotheosis in the second world war.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
• This may be one reason for Beijing’s stepped up militarism with Taiwan, which manufactures many of the most advanced chips.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Reagan, for his part, did his song and dance for greed and militarism, leaving government to wonks who struggled to make good on his Hollywood promises.
  — Virginia Heffernan Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
• The threat of German rearmament, along with a resurgence of militarism across the European continent spurred Einstein to act.
  — Thomas Levenson, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
• The forces of colonialism, militarism, and capitalism are challenges that impact all of us in the Pacific.
  — NBC News, 16 Apr. 2018
• And the desire to project U.S. military primacy at all costs led to arms races, militarism, and questionable commitments abroad.
  — Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
• Despite the overt militarism of Hamas and other groups in Gaza, there is a sense among the wider Palestinian public that violent resistance is no longer effective.
  — Batya Ungar-Sargon, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019
• But perhaps there is simply a need for greater coordination between the French way of diplomacy and the heavy tread of American militarism.
  — David A. Andelman, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• But today, the logic of militarism too often goes unquestioned.
  — Izumi Nakamitsu, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
• Police for the first time goose-stepped their way through parade drills, their legs swinging high and unbending in a marching style most closely associated with the rise of fascism and the militarism of World War II.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2021
• But this endeavor was always embedded in a wider appraisal of U.S. militarism and empire.
  — Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• Rome's increasing militarism, as well as the romantic entanglements of Cleopatra VII, no doubt played a role.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
• For years, the Republicans have been the party more inclined to militarism and hawkish foreign policy.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2022
• King’s efforts to achieve economic justice and his fight against the war in Vietnam and against militarism in general turned against him some people who had supported his calls for civil rights.
  — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
• But those numbers suggest there's a not-insignificant constituency for old-fashioned militarism in the United States, that could lead to electoral gold.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 16 Mar. 2022
• Banksy is known for his unique style of stenciling and for his profound statements on migration, militarism and modern politics.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
• As Adler noted, police brutality, militarism and fascism also make appearances, a good reminder that our time is hardly unique in those concerns.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2024
• The second principle fundamental to progressive thought is opposition to needless war and excessive militarism, a tenet often described as restraint.
  — Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024