militarism
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mil·i·ta·ris·m /ˈmɪlətərɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] PMWARthe belief that a country should build up its military forces and use them to protect itself and get what it wants 军国主义；穷兵黩武主义 a country emerging from 20 years of militarism and political repression 从20年的军国主义和政治压制中摆脱出来的一个国家 —militarist noun [countable] —militaristic /ˌmɪlətəˈrɪstɪk◂/ adjective a militaristic regime 军国主义政府Examples from the Corpus
militarism• Economic success has replaced nationalism and militarism as the dominant force in a region once terrorized by war and revolution.• It had been argued on the Left that wars were caused by the search for profits, by imperialism, by militarism.• She wants her army to be the world leader in peacekeeping and to shift from militarism to humanitarianism.• MacArthur was dedicated to the extirpation of militarism and did not favour the development of defence forces.• Standing before an outpost of the Veterans Administration they lamented the sin of militarism.• They hoped that the very talk of a general strike would act as a restraining influence on militarism.• The demise of the Soviet Union a decade and a half later ended the threat of Soviet militarism.mil·i·ta·ris·m nounChineseSyllable
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militarism
mil‧i‧ta‧ris‧m /ˈmɪlətərɪzəm, ˈmɪlɪtərɪzəm/
noun [uncountable]
a country emerging from 20 years of militarism and political repression
—militarist noun [countable]
—militaristic /ˌmɪlətəˈrɪstɪk◂, ˌmɪlɪtəˈrɪstɪk◂/ adjective:
a militaristic regime
mil‧i‧ta‧ris‧m /ˈmɪlətərɪzəm, ˈmɪlɪtərɪzəm/
noun [uncountable] Word Family: noun: militancy, militant, the military, militia, militarism, militarist; adjective: military, militant, militaristic, militarized; adverb: militantly, militarily
the belief that a country should build up its military forces and use them to protect itself and get what it wants: —militarist noun [countable]
—militaristic /ˌmɪlətəˈrɪstɪk◂, ˌmɪlɪtəˈrɪstɪk◂/ adjective:
usually