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militancy
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mil·i·tan·cy

noun \-tən(t)-sē\

Definition of MILITANCY

: the quality or state of being militant
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Examples of MILITANCY

  1. <the militancy of the radical organization made the authorities a little nervous>

First Known Use of MILITANCY

1648

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Synonyms
aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, belligerence, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence
Antonyms
nonaggression, pacifism

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