as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel
the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern
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Recent Examples of militancy
The twining of white victimhood and labor militancy created conflicts within the working class that would persist for decades.
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Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Sébastien Bourdon, a French journalist with Le Monde’s video investigations unit who authored a forthcoming book on that country’s far-right, says Active Clubs are the fastest-expanding facet of far-right militancy in France.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
But key architects of the British and American working classes ignored efforts to fuse the labor and abolitionist movements and instead linked labor militancy to white suffering.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Israel says the authority has not done enough to combat militancy or curb incitement.
—Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Sébastien Bourdon, a French journalist with Le Monde’s video investigations unit who authored a forthcoming book on that country’s far-right, says Active Clubs are the fastest-expanding facet of far-right militancy in France.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
But key architects of the British and American working classes ignored efforts to fuse the labor and abolitionist movements and instead linked labor militancy to white suffering.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Israel says the authority has not done enough to combat militancy or curb incitement.
—Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militancy
Noun
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Throughout the story, Kenny has feelings of aggression toward his own mother.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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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
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This has hindered the two nations from reaching a peace treaty to officially end their hostilities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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But the idea that hordes of undercover agents instigated the Capitol riot gained traction and fuelled right-wing hostilities toward the Bureau.—
Tess Owen,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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This is compounded by the economic impacts of the Trump trade pressures, the global backlash of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the declining fortunes of national technology champion Huawei, and other reactions to growing China militance and chauvinism.—
Therese Shaheen,
National Review,
1 Sep. 2020
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The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.—
Samuel Goldman,
The Week,
6 Jan. 2022
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“Militancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militancy. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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