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
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But a renewed militancy has crept into the profession this year, especially in conservative-leaning states, where teachers say education funding and wages have fallen behind after lawmakers prioritized tax cuts over new spending.
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Some of that is drama coming from outside the capital, whether in the form of the ongoing surge in grassroots militancy among red-state teachers or yet another surprisingly strong Democratic performance in a down-ballot election.
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Those actions helped trigger a rise in Islamist militancy, including the emergence of an Islamic State affiliate in the northern Sinai Peninsula and new threats in the Western Desert.
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The negotiations represent a trial run with global ramifications, exploring whether a secular and at times repressive state can find a common ground for reconciling with a militancy publicly allied with Islamic State.
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The arrests add to hundreds carried out by Malaysia in recent years to disrupt Islamic militancy.
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If this weekend marked a breakthrough, perhaps the best symbol was the increased militancy -- in their speeches, on their signs, etc.
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In and around Los Angeles: The school walkouts 50 years ago, now being commemorated, were the first act of mass militancy by Mexican Americans in modern California history.
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At the height of the militancy, rebels reduced Nigeria’s oil production by a quarter.
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First Known Use of militancy
1648
militancy Synonyms
Synonyms
aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism;
affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability;
Related Words
antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness;
imperialism, jingoism, militarism;
acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness;
Phrases
chip on one's shoulder;
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