militancy

noun mil·i·tan·cy \ -tən(t)-sē \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Examples: militancy in a Sentence

Definition of militancy

: the quality or state of being militant

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Examples of militancy in a Sentence

the militancy of the radical organization made the authorities a little nervous

Recent Examples of militancy from the Web

The involvement of the Iranian government would mark an escalation of Tehran’s militancy outside the Middle East, amid deteriorating relations with the West following the U.S. move to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear accord.

— matthew dalton, WSJ, "Four Arrested in Alleged Plot to Bomb Anti-Iran Gathering," 2 July 2018
Labor militancy forced employers to reduce their workdays and give them Saturdays off.

— livia gershon, Longreads, "Clocking Out," 11 July 2018
The move follows a push by the U.S. and European allies in February to get Pakistan to do more to combat militancy and close financing loopholes to terrorist groups.

— kamran haider, Bloomberg.com, "Pakistan Added to Global Terrorism-Financing Monitoring List," 28 June 2018
Many magazines, not least of all The New Republic, succumbed to a similar politics of racist resentment in the face of black militancy and African-American cultural resurgence.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "Commentary Magazine’s ‘Negro Problem’," 15 June 2018
The conference aimed to forge a political road map that would restore order in Libya, where lawlessness has fed Islamic militancy, human trafficking, and instability in the wider region.

— sylvie corbet and elaine ganley, BostonGlobe.com, "Libyan rivals agree to Dec. 10 elections despite unrest," 29 May 2018
Iran’s remaining Palestinian partner, Islamic Jihad, is a smaller group focused on violent militancy and has a narrower support base.

— thomas juneau, Washington Post, "Why Iran’s involvement in Syria may backfire," 12 June 2018
But the bishops' militancy also reflects the church's new demographic reality, as Hispanics become increasingly central to its future.

— ronald brownstein, CNN, "Is the GOP at risk of losing Catholics?," 1 May 2018
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reportedly said the ongoing drugs clampdown will match the intensity of the country’s past efforts to quell Islamic militancy, an operation marred by reports of extrajudicial killings and arbitrary detention.

— laignee barron, Time, "Bangladesh's Deadly Narcotics Crackdown Sparks Fears of a Philippines-Style Drug War," 29 May 2018

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