anti-military
adjective
an·ti-mil·i·tary
ˌan-tē-ˈmi-lə-ˌter-ē 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antimilitary
: characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward the military
postwar antimilitary sentiment
anti-military protests
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The fracas has even revived the anti-military sentiment at Google, where a tiny fraction of its employees wrote a letter to the company imploring it to make a similar stand.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite having Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence’s name on the pic as director, and rising genre scribe JT Mollner, the pic stars plenty of fresh faces and carries what looks to be an anti-military message in its trailers, which is bound to upset the middle of the country.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Born on the Fourth of July, a very strong, anti-military movie.
—HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Military attacks and those from some anti-military groups have not stopped in the aftermath of the earthquake, though the shadow opposition National Unity Government has called a unilateral ceasefire for its forces.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 1 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
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
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
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite having Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence’s name on the pic as director, and rising genre scribe JT Mollner, the pic stars plenty of fresh faces and carries what looks to be an anti-military message in its trailers, which is bound to upset the middle of the country.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Born on the Fourth of July, a very strong, anti-military movie.
—HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Military attacks and those from some anti-military groups have not stopped in the aftermath of the earthquake, though the shadow opposition National Unity Government has called a unilateral ceasefire for its forces.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 1 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
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
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
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