Definition of militarism
1a : predominance of the military class or its idealsb : exaltation of military virtues and ideals
2 : a policy of aggressive military preparedness
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The administration has been criticized for the militarism of its foreign policy.
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But the move was deeply sensitive in a nation that is still intensely conscious of the consequences of its past militarism.
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Mr. Abe took office on Dec. 26, 2012, and angered U.S. officials a year later by visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which is seen by Asian nations as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism.
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Other readers recalled atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during World War II and the Japanese empire’s militarism.
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The gay-studies curriculum at Tolstoy College partly grew out of an interest in how militarism was underpinned by cultural notions of masculinity.
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This is why Japan started rearming and remilitarizing itself instead of fully depending on the U.S. to protect it from China’s increasing militarism.
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Our profane public ceremonies are now suffused with a kind of sacramental militarism.
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Insider info could come in handy while reading Zero History, which melds with Gibson’s recent releases Pattern Recognition and Spook Country to form a post-crash critique of a civilization bleeding militarism and consumption without a tourniquet.
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1863
MILITARISM Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of militarism for English Language Learners
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: the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals
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