antimilitarism

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Noun
  • The roots of anti-imperialism In the 30 years after Roosevelt asserted the U.S.’s right to intervene across the hemisphere, U.S. forces occupied Cuba three times – in 1906-09, 1912 and 1917-21.
    Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
  • For decades, the island was celebrated by U.S. critics worldwide as a scrappy symbol of anti-imperialism and a utopic experiment in socialism.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The list reportedly includes a guarantee of nonaggression, a lifting of primary and secondary sanctions, recognizing Iran’s right to enrich uranium, and giving control of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Communists were also the most vigorous foes of fascism—except for twenty-two notorious months beginning in late August 1939, when the USSR signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For decades after the war, Germany’s attempts to atone for that history through a deep commitment to pacifism obliged defense companies to keep a low profile, avoiding sponsorships and splashy ad campaigns.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That domestic tension over Japan’s postwar pacifism surfaced in parliament this week, when an opposition lawmaker questioned Takaichi’s push to loosen restrictions on arms exports.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Antimilitarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antimilitarism. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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