variants
or antimilitary
: characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward the military
postwar antimilitary sentiment
anti-military protests
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Born on the Fourth of July, a very strong, anti-military movie.
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HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
For that reason, Beijing became concerned when an alliance of armed ethnic groups launched a major anti-military push in October 2023, fearing the spread of instability across the China-Myanmar border.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Dukakis, painted by the GOP as anti-military, did serve for two years in the U.S. Army in Korea toward the end of the Korean War.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
What happens if the medium that once drew 200,000 in Recife to see Hair in defiance of the government, who thought it anti-military, no longer merits the same huge spaces that were once dedicated to it?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024
For instance, shortly after Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood sided with the military junta against the liberal side’s anti-military protests.
—Muhammad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2016
The state censorship machine could not keep up with the flood of viral videos on social media spreading Mr. Khan’s anti-military messages.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the military has used an especially heavy hand ahead of this vote, analysts say, a reflection of the growing anti-military fervor in the country stoked by Mr. Khan.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Khatami said major layoffs at Google announced in January pushed him to get more involved in the Alphabet Workers Union, which provides resources to Khatami and other union members in an anti-military working group — though the union has not taken a formal stance on Project Nimbus.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
For that reason, Beijing became concerned when an alliance of armed ethnic groups launched a major anti-military push in October 2023, fearing the spread of instability across the China-Myanmar border.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Dukakis, painted by the GOP as anti-military, did serve for two years in the U.S. Army in Korea toward the end of the Korean War.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
What happens if the medium that once drew 200,000 in Recife to see Hair in defiance of the government, who thought it anti-military, no longer merits the same huge spaces that were once dedicated to it?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024
For instance, shortly after Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood sided with the military junta against the liberal side’s anti-military protests.
—Muhammad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2016
The state censorship machine could not keep up with the flood of viral videos on social media spreading Mr. Khan’s anti-military messages.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the military has used an especially heavy hand ahead of this vote, analysts say, a reflection of the growing anti-military fervor in the country stoked by Mr. Khan.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Khatami said major layoffs at Google announced in January pushed him to get more involved in the Alphabet Workers Union, which provides resources to Khatami and other union members in an anti-military working group — though the union has not taken a formal stance on Project Nimbus.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Anti-military.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-military. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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