militancy

mil·i·tant

M0293800 (mĭl′ĭ-tənt)adj.1. Fighting or warring.2. Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause: a militant political activist.n. A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mīlitāns, mīlitant-, present participle of mīlitāre, to serve as a soldier; see militate.]

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mil′i·tance, mil′i·tan·cy n.mil′i·tant·ly adv.

militancy

1. the state or condition of being combative or disposed to fight.
2. the active championing of a cause or belief. — militant, n., adj.See also: Attitudes

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1. the state or condition of being combative or disposed to fight.
2. the active championing of a cause or belief. — militant, n., adj.See also: War

Thesaurus

Noun

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militancy - a militant aggressiveness combativeness, militanceaggressiveness - the quality of being bold and enterprisingscrappiness - the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious

militancy

noun1. Hostile behavior:aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance.2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.

Translations

战斗性

militant

(ˈmilitənt) adjective wishing to take, or taking, strong or violent action. militant workers. 好戰的，好鬥的，動武的 富于战斗性的，好战的 ˈmilitantly adverb 好戰地，好鬥地，動武地 好斗地ˈmilitancy noun 好戰，好鬥，動武 战斗性