militarismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈmɪl.ə.tɚ.ɪ.zəm/disapprovingthe belief that it is necessary to have strong armed forces and that they should be used in order to win political or economic advantages
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
See more results »