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militarism

[mil-i-tuh-riz-uhm] / ˈmɪl ɪ təˌrɪz əm /
NOUN
warlikeness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aggressiveness bellicosity gunboat diplomacy hawkishness jingoism power politics saber-rattling warlikeness warmongering
STRONG
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
nonaggressiveness peacemaking
WEAK
cooperation internationalism noninterventionism peacemongering transnationalism


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Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, has expressed bafflement at the charge of militarism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

China, a key ally of North Korea, has also recently expressed alarm at what it sees as "new militarism" by Japan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Hughes said that the United States has not yet had the reckoning with its history of militarism that he’s been pushing for for all these years.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

Supporters saw pacifism as a moral improvement on Japan's wartime militarism.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Wildly exaggerated accounts of German atrocities inflamed public opinion and bolstered support for a war that was increasingly seen as a crusade against barbaric German militarism.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman



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