militaristic

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as in militarist

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Recent Examples of militaristic Ironically, once relieved from their purely militaristic duties, star forts revealed their aesthetic value. — Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026 The rest of her outfit was a militaristic dress by Mugler in shades of tan, a nice break from Ortega's often black wardrobe without going in a colorful direction that wouldn't suit her or fit with her image. — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2026 The suited ensemble emphasized militaristic utility, with a long-sleeve jacket embroidered with muted gold sinuous motifs. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2026 The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 Germany was long seen as hesitant to appear overly militaristic or nationalistic, but the Ukraine war — and now the Iran conflict — has pushed Berlin to increase defense spending and crystallize its own national interests. — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026 The Republican Party and this administration in particular have no regard for future generations that will be saddled with debt as a result of present day militaristic spending with no concomitant revenue stream to offset the cost. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026 In militaristic sync as they pound treadmills, down protein shakes and take steroid injections in the buttocks, a gymnasium full of lavishly buff (even 24-packed, to quote a droll visual gag) gay men blankly sing the praises of the body-beautiful lifestyle to a pounding EDM beat. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militaristic
  1. militarist
  2. belligerent
  3. warlike
  4. militant
  5. bellicose
  6. combative
  7. aggressive
Adjective
  • Japan has neither of such weapons, and yet Japan is labeled neo-militarist.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • Right, in France, means pro-Catholic, pro-militarist.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Definition of militarist
Adjective
  • America, the world’s oldest, continuous, modern democracy, will soon celebrate its 250th birthday—mired in conflict and piloted by a belligerent and mercurial nationalist.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Definition of belligerent
Adjective
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 8 May 2026
Definition of warlike
Adjective
  • Yet Piker himself has followed the DSA’s militant line, repeatedly praising authoritarian regimes such as China’s, Cuba’s, and Russia’s, as well as terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • There are also concerns that fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon could escalate once more and derail future talks.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 June 2026
Definition of militant
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  • At least, that’s what the bellicose rhetoric from Tehran suggests.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • At National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a controversial but popular Russian studies program introduced last fall has nothing to do with the glories of imperial Russia and everything to do with the thinking and motivations of the bellicose power next door.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026
Definition of bellicose
Adjective
  • The release says a 29-year-old man became combative with first responders, and a paramedic shot him.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
  • Too good to be a benchwarmer, in a starting line-up, the Brazilian’s all-action qualities may align best with Rice to give Arsenal another combative and forward-thinking option in their engine room.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of combative
Adjective
  • The goal is gentle smoke and indirect heat rather than aggressive flames.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Right now, the multi-trillion-dollar global apparel industry is undergoing an aggressive technological shift, adopting artificial intelligence as a production standard rather than an experimental pilot.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of aggressive

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