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MILITANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does militance mean?
• MILITANCE (noun)
The noun MILITANCE has 1 sense:
1. a militant aggressiveness
Familiarity information: MILITANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A militant aggressiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
combativeness; militance; militancy
Hypernyms ("militance" is a kind of...):
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "militance"):
scrappiness (the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious)
Derivation:
militant (showing a fighting disposition)
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