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militarism|ˈmɪlɪtərɪz(ə)m|
[a. F. militarisme, f. militaire: see military and -ism.]
1. The spirit and tendencies characteristic of the professional soldier; the prevalence of military sentiment or ideals among a people; the political condition characterized by the predominance of the military class in government or administration; the tendency to regard military efficiency as the paramount interest of the state.
1864Daily Tel. 28 Apr. (tr. G. Garibaldi), An army, bright in glory, yet untainted with that disease of modern times, known under the sinister name of militarism. 1868Macm. Mag. XIX. 156 Prussian officialism is supreme and..Prussian militarism as well. 1891J. W. Cross in Fortn. Rev. 469 Industrialism as opposed to militarism, is now the central idea of the New World.
2. A military habit or mannerism.
1893D. C. Murray Time's Revenges III. xlvii. 268 Their militarisms and legalities made the more openly sentimental-minded folk altogether ill at ease. |