MILITARISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does militarism mean? 

• MILITARISM (noun)
  The noun MILITARISM has 1 sense:

1. a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

  Familiarity information: MILITARISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("militarism" is a kind of...):

hawkishness (any political orientation favoring aggressive policies)

Derivation:

militarist (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)

militaristic (imbued with militarism)