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Recent Examples of militance The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022 The human relationship to fire on this specific piece of land was not always one of fear, anxiety, and militance. Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021 As spring turned to summer and the pandemic seemed to be at its end, the Haredim reunited, bonded at first by impatience with public-health guidelines and then by a growing militance about the central government’s response. New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021 This is compounded by the economic impacts of the Trump trade pressures, the global backlash of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the declining fortunes of national technology champion Huawei, and other reactions to growing China militance and chauvinism. Therese Shaheen, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020 That militance was frowned upon by Isaacson and others who favored a civilized political approach. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2019 Love shows up, even in power struggles where Queen’s militance clashes with Slim’s attempts at being level headed. Jasmine Grant, Essence, 3 Dec. 2019 The Great Depression and America’s 1941 entry into WWII posed some complicated challenges to this legacy, as labor militance took a back seat at times of national emergency. Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militance
Noun
  • In terms of behavioral issues, aggression, social conflict, and soiling were the most common.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Rutte and Grynkewich described NATO’s eastern flank as the front line of defense, but dismissed arguments that the whole alliance wasn’t at risk of Russian aggression.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Increase his aggressiveness at the point of attack.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The forward is known for his physicality and aggressiveness on the ice.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When faced with Laura’s hostility, what can Cherry do but lose her mind, smash a glass against her head, and tell Daniel that his mother did it?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.
    Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Herdsmen militancy has been ongoing in Nigeria for a long time, but in the last decade, the incidents have become a lot more organized, sophisticated and complicated, especially with security compromised due to the Boko Haram insurgency.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Palestinian militancy is not redeeming.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Others including, longtime Sacramento resident Richard Alcala, viewed the festivities as an act of defiance against the current presidential administration.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In Schorr’s photograph, the duo, played by Julia Garner and Cole Escola, is more ambiguous, more gender-flouting, projecting an air of affectionate defiance.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Militance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militance. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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