单词 | militaristic |
释义 | militaristicadj. Characterized by militarism; advocating or pursuing a strong military capability; tending to use military force, esp. to defend or promote national interest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [adjective] militarist1896 militaristic1898 fife and drum1900 Prussianist1920 1898 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 6 488 The democratic, universal right of suffrage..forms the most acute contradiction to the spirit of militaristic, bureaucratic, police-governed Prussia. 1905 Athenæum 15 July 73/1 A political organization and a moral tendency common to all nascent civilization of the militaristic order. 1915 Nation (N.Y.) 6 May 485/2 Aegospotami..shattered the naval empire of Athens and gave the mastery of the Hellenic world to militaristic Sparta. 1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time iii. xi. 367 The Nazis, moreover, because of their militaristic tradition and prejudices, originally modeled their elite formations after the army. 1988 S. Quinn Mind of her Own ii. 42 In a militaristic society women were expected to produce only soldiers and little mothers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1898 |
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