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单词 militancy
释义

militancy

noun

mil·​i·​tan·​cy ˈmi-lə-tən(t)-sē How to pronounce militancy (audio)
: the quality or state of being militant

Synonyms

  • aggression
  • aggressiveness
  • assaultiveness
  • bellicosity
  • belligerence
  • belligerency
  • combativeness
  • contentiousness
  • defiance
  • disputatiousness
  • feistiness
  • fight
  • militance
  • militantness
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsomeness
  • scrappiness
  • truculence
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Example Sentences

the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern
Recent Examples on the Web The shift from local to transnational militancy had cataclysmic results. Jared Malsin, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 As energy costs surge, inflation gallops toward double figures, and taxes and the cost of loans increase, Britons are demanding higher wages with a militancy not seen in years. New York Times, 5 July 2022 Mainly Hindu India has been fighting an armed militancy in Muslim-majority Kashmir, also claimed by neighboring Pakistan, for decades. Reuters, CNN, 25 May 2022 But, in another way, the Indians were the ones who also supported the Tamil militancy, including the Tigers early on, as Sri Lanka shifted away from nonalignment and toward the U.S. in 1977. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 After her arrival in Los Angeles for Mckenzie’s third pregnancy, Cat turned her militancy on some homeless service agencies and officials. Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022 Last summer, against the backdrop of a nationwide wave of essential worker militancy, Darryl Richardson, an Amazon worker in Bessemer, reached out to RWDSU to talk about organizing a union. Luis Feliz Leon, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2021 Downscale, urban Jewish communities were endangered by black militancy, crime and anti-Semitism, Kahane asserted, while intermarriage and assimilation threatened the survival of the Jewish people. Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 11 May 2022 The raids, carried out in Nablus, Jenin and other West Bank cities considered hotbeds of militancy, have been violent. Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

militancy

noun

as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • aggression
  • aggressiveness
  • militance
  • hostility
  • defiance
  • combativeness
  • belligerence
  • pugnacity
  • fight
  • belligerency
  • bellicosity
  • assaultiveness
  • feistiness
  • contentiousness
  • truculence
  • scrappiness
  • quarrelsomeness
  • disputatiousness
  • militantness
  • antagonism
  • militarism
  • fierceness
  • imperialism
  • irritability
  • chip on one's shoulder
  • unfriendliness
  • jingoism
  • irritableness
  • fractiousness
  • hyperaggressiveness
  • rudeness
  • irascibility
  • surliness
  • crossness
  • disagreeableness
  • peevishness
  • petulance
  • orneriness
  • crankiness
  • testiness
  • grumpiness
  • fretfulness
  • grouchiness
  • querulousness
  • acidity
  • biliousness
  • captiousness
  • pettishness
  • waspishness
  • huffiness
  • irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pacifism
  • antimilitarism
  • nonaggression
  • friendliness
  • sociability
  • benevolence
  • gentleness
  • geniality
  • amiability
  • anti-imperialism
  • affability
  • graciousness
  • amicability
  • cordiality
  • pleasantness
  • kindliness
  • mildness
  • antiaggression
  • complaisance
  • amenability
  • placability
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