militancy

mil·i·tan·cy

noun \-tən(t)-sē\

Definition of MILITANCY

: the quality or state of being militant

Examples of MILITANCY

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

First Known Use of MILITANCY

1648

Related to MILITANCY

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

Antonyms: nonaggression, pacifism

Related Words: antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness; imperialism, jingoism, militarism; acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crabbiness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Near Antonyms: antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism; affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability; gentleness, kindliness, mildness; amenability, complaisance, placability

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