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militance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of militance

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the level of militance varied significantly among the activist groups

Synonyms of militance

aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militancy, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence

Words Related to militance

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 Synonymous with militance

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of militance

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of militance

nonaggression, pacifism

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