'Militarism' definitions:
Definition of 'militarism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
Definition of 'Militarism'
From: GCIDE
- Militarism \Mil"i*ta*rism\, n. [Cf. F. militarisme.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A military state or condition; a military system; reliance on military force in administering government. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The spirit and traditions of military life. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The view that military strength, efficiency and values should dominate the country's public policy choices and take precedence over other interests. [1913 Webster PJC]
- 4. The policy of maintaining a large military force, even in peacetime; -- a term usually used by opponents of such a policy on the assumption that such a large force is unnecessary for national defense. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'militarism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute monarchy,
- aggression,
- aggressiveness,
- antagonism,
- appeasement,
- aristocracy,
- autarchy,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- balance of power,
- bellicism,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- brinkmanship,
- chauvinism,
- coalition government,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- combativeness,
- commonwealth,
- compromise,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- containment,
- contentiousness,
- democracy,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- dictatorship,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- expansionism,
- federal government,
- federation,
- ferocity,
- feudal system,
- fierceness,
- fight,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- good-neighbor policy,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- hostility,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- jingoism,
- limited monarchy,
- manifest destiny,
- martial law,
- martialism,
- meritocracy,
- militancy,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- nonresistance,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- police state,
- preparedness,
- pugnaciousness,
- pugnacity,
- pure democracy,
- quarrelsomeness,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- saber rattling,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- social democracy,
- spheres of influence,
- stratocracy,
- technocracy,
- the big stick,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- tough policy,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- truculence,
- Truman Doctrine,
- tyranny,
- unfriendliness,
- unpeacefulness,
- warmongering,
- warpath,
- welfare state,
- world politics