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MILITANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does militancy mean?
• MILITANCY (noun)
The noun MILITANCY has 1 sense:
1. a militant aggressiveness
Familiarity information: MILITANCY 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 ("militancy" is a kind of...):
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "militancy"):
scrappiness (the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious)
Derivation:
militant (showing a fighting disposition)
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