as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel
the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern
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Recent Examples of militancy
Such developments further heighten the stakes in a volatile region already fraught with historical tensions, cross-border militancy, and nuclear risk.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Israel has argued that the authority was not doing enough to tamp down militancy in the territory.
—Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
While the Indian government has said that militancy has since been reduced, attacks continue to plague the region.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
His anti-Western militancy is so intense that the U.S. and the European Union have both placed sanctions on him.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Israel has argued that the authority was not doing enough to tamp down militancy in the territory.
—Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
While the Indian government has said that militancy has since been reduced, attacks continue to plague the region.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
His anti-Western militancy is so intense that the U.S. and the European Union have both placed sanctions on him.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militancy
Noun
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His aggression remains — Meyers is seeing just 3.59 pitches per plate appearance and has absurd numbers against the first pitch of a plate appearance — but has cut down on chasing in the middle of at-bats, allowing for some longer battles.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Every day of inaction is an act of aggression against the system that protects our elders from poverty and indignity.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The hostility of the state intensified with the BBC's 100 Women list, and a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.—
Mahrang Baloch,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Intense hostility all around means that for now, neither Russia nor China is even willing to sit down to discuss nuclear restraints, in treaty form or otherwise.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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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
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The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.—
Samuel Goldman,
The Week,
6 Jan. 2022
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“Militancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militancy. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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