Definition of militarist in English:
militarist
noun ˈmɪlɪt(ə)rɪstˈmɪləd(ə)rəst
derogatory A person who believes that a country should maintain a strong military capability.
a group of militarists within the administration
Example sentencesExamples
- They rebuilt the arsenal, previously dismantled by agreement among the militarists.
- Whether you are a pacifist or a militarist, a Republican or a Democrat, an American or European, you're a security consumer.
- Superficially, he seemed at different times to be an ardent liberal or a reactionary militarist.
- They would have preferred no compromise with the militarists.
- The account ends with the Tang Dynasty's collapse into a welter of provincial militarists.
- The prime minister has to face up to his militarists.
- A government controlled by militarists is in some ways more dangerous than one controlled by the military.
- Even more important, not all the militarists wear uniforms.
- Making them our public enemy No. 1 plays into the hands of militarists on both sides of the Pacific.
- I would argue that there is tacit collusion among the militarists of all sides.
adjective ˈmɪlɪt(ə)rɪstˈmɪləd(ə)rəst
derogatory Holding the belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability.
the aggressive militarist foreign policy of the government
Example sentencesExamples
- Our foreign policy was about to take a sharp unilateralist and militarist turn.
- He was a newspaper proprietor who plagued the British people for years with militarist and xenophobic drivel.
- Examining the crucial elements leading to World War I, he exposes how a pack of falsehoods and the militarist myths they serve may bedevil us still.
- You say you're confused about how we progressives can possibly nominate what you call a "militarist candidate."
- The fact of local, militarist autonomy was acknowledged by the creation of the political councils.
- Yet another, though less obvious, militarist threat was now growing.
- Eisenhower warned Americans of an internal threat from militarist officers and greedy weapons contractors who were seeking to control foreign policy.
- Was this the age-old militarist strategy of provoking the sort of violence that made them indispensable?
- The candidate's militarist agenda could produce a massive backlash against the party.
- The training program is a specific kind of militarist indoctrination of minors.
Definition of militarist in US English:
militarist
nounˈmiləd(ə)rəstˈmɪləd(ə)rəst
derogatory A person who believes that a country should maintain a strong military capability.
a group of militarists within the administration
Example sentencesExamples
- Even more important, not all the militarists wear uniforms.
- The prime minister has to face up to his militarists.
- They rebuilt the arsenal, previously dismantled by agreement among the militarists.
- They would have preferred no compromise with the militarists.
- The account ends with the Tang Dynasty's collapse into a welter of provincial militarists.
- A government controlled by militarists is in some ways more dangerous than one controlled by the military.
- Making them our public enemy No. 1 plays into the hands of militarists on both sides of the Pacific.
- Superficially, he seemed at different times to be an ardent liberal or a reactionary militarist.
- I would argue that there is tacit collusion among the militarists of all sides.
- Whether you are a pacifist or a militarist, a Republican or a Democrat, an American or European, you're a security consumer.
adjectiveˈmiləd(ə)rəstˈmɪləd(ə)rəst
derogatory Holding the belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability.
the aggressive militarist foreign policy of the government
Example sentencesExamples
- Examining the crucial elements leading to World War I, he exposes how a pack of falsehoods and the militarist myths they serve may bedevil us still.
- The candidate's militarist agenda could produce a massive backlash against the party.
- The training program is a specific kind of militarist indoctrination of minors.
- Eisenhower warned Americans of an internal threat from militarist officers and greedy weapons contractors who were seeking to control foreign policy.
- The fact of local, militarist autonomy was acknowledged by the creation of the political councils.
- He was a newspaper proprietor who plagued the British people for years with militarist and xenophobic drivel.
- Yet another, though less obvious, militarist threat was now growing.
- Was this the age-old militarist strategy of provoking the sort of violence that made them indispensable?
- You say you're confused about how we progressives can possibly nominate what you call a "militarist candidate."
- Our foreign policy was about to take a sharp unilateralist and militarist turn.