militarism

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Recent Examples of militarism Which, in turn, speaks to themes about post-WWII Japan and the Cold War, weapons of mass destruction, and Japan’s specific position and culture regarding militarism, weapons, the Cold War, and Japan’s uniquely evolved and radically shifted perspective and position on the world stage. Mark Hughes, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Obama first distinguished himself as an opponent of US militarism in the Middle East but will be remembered for expanding the US drone war, the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, and helping to overthrow the government of Libya. Joshua Keating, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024 Kennedy’s foreign policy positions offer a compelling alternative to the entrenched militarism that has dominated U.S. politics for decades. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 Other modern political issues are mirrored by ye olde timey problems — the corruption of organized religion, unchecked militarism, the absurd failures of the health care system — and the plague itself is an obvious stand-in for Covid. Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for militarism 
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Noun
  • Throughout the story, Kenny has feelings of aggression toward his own mother.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Senators on both sides of the aisle raised concerns over how Chinese aggression and influence on the Panama Canal could have major implications on U.S. trade and national security during a hearing in a key Senate committee on Tuesday morning.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Any military intervention would be perceived not only as an affront to their autonomy, but as a broader act of imperialism.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • After decades of morally simplistic cowboys-and-Indians movies that reinforced the intrepid self-image of a rising world power, revisionist westerns proliferated during the Vietnam War, critiquing the violence of white imperialism.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Populism is gaining strength in both countries, fanning the flames of jingoism.
    Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Trump might even inadvertently save the Canadian liberals, who are on the precipice of getting blown out of the water in the upcoming federal election, by rallying Canadians around the flag in defiance of their unruly downstairs neighbors.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But over the last decade, the category has developed into a respectable safe haven for high-quality wines that exist in defiance of regional standards or regulations.
    Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025

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