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militancy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of militancy

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern

Synonyms of militancy

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

Words Related to militancy

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 militancy

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of militancy

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

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

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of militancy

nonaggression, pacifism

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