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noun

Definition of militaristnext
as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war a government dominated by militarists

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adjective

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Recent Examples of militarist
Noun
At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi. — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Japan has neither of such weapons, and yet Japan is labeled neo-militarist. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026 Right, in France, means pro-Catholic, pro-militarist. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militarist
  1. hawk
  2. militaristic
  3. militant
  4. belligerent
  5. warlike
  6. bellicose
Noun
  • Conversations range from meme prompts regarding the deadliness of hawks versus gorillas to summer internships.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Debt hawks have been warning policymakers for some time that the nation’s fiscal path is unsustainable, and the issue is increasingly rising up voters’ agendas in the run-up to midterms later this year.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hawk
Adjective
  • Priced from $41,520, the MT1 looks like something from the world of Japanese anime, with none of the militaristic menace of Tesla’s pickup.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of militaristic
Noun
  • Al-Nuzaili claimed that dozens of Houthi militants had been killed or wounded.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • An Israeli soldier smashed a crucifix in a family garden and another stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon, where the military is fighting Hezbollah militants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of militant
Adjective
  • However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Per the title, Aang is the last surviving airbender after his pacifist brethren were slaughtered by a belligerent, expansionist Fire Nation.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of belligerent
Adjective
  • Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of warlike
Adjective
  • At least, that’s what the bellicose rhetoric from Tehran suggests.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • At National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a controversial but popular Russian studies program introduced last fall has nothing to do with the glories of imperial Russia and everything to do with the thinking and motivations of the bellicose power next door.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026
Definition of bellicose

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