militarist

Example Sentences

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The flag was met with angry protests by the prior Seoul government, due to its connections to Japan’s militarist past.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The anti-torture movement resists that part of militarist ideology that says war can be waged without moral or legal limits.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2018

The Soviet leadership considered Reagan an implacable militarist.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 24, 2017

Her passion drove the set as she paired literal head bangs with her gyrating moves, alternating between furious bursts of dance and controlled, militarist actions such as saluting and marching.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2016

Just as the militarist is enraged by the spectacle of defiant courage over which he has no control, so the non-combatant patriot is effected by what impresses him as mystic valour.

From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus