|
|
Definition of Militancy
1. Noun. A militant aggressiveness.
Generic synonyms: Aggressiveness
Specialized synonyms: Scrappiness
Derivative terms: Combative, Combative, Militant, Militant
Definition of Militancy
1. n. The state of being militant; warfare.
Definition of Militancy
1. Noun. The quality of being militant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Militancy
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Militancy
Literary usage of Militancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Women Want: An Interpretation of the Feminist Movement by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1914)
"... XIV militancy IN the course of the suffrage agitation in England, there has
arisen a phenomenon known as militancy, which is largely incomprehensible in ..."
2. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"militancy ' generates a ' religion of enmity,' a code in which aggression, conquest,
... Only put an end to militancy, let industrialism reign unchecked, ..."
3. Arms and the Boy: Military Training in Schools and Colleges, Its Value in by Leigh Robinson Gignilliat (1916)
"militancy and Militarism.—The fine distinction that Bishop Fallows has made
between militancy and militarism is well exemplified in the ideals of such a ..."
4. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1911)
"... by government— Disappearance of the duel — The Crusaders and the Holy Sepulchre —
The wail of militarist writers at man's drift away from militancy. ..."
5. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National by Norman Angell (1913)
"... by government—Disappearance of the duel—The Crusaders and the Holy Sepulchre—The
wail of militarist writers at man's drift away from militancy. ..."
6. Parliamentary Franchise Reform in England from 1885 to 1918 by Homer Lawrence Morris (1921)
"This blocked the possibility of a women's suffrage bill in the House during the
session.2 militancy in 1914 During the first half of 1914 events were ..."
7. Jailed for Freedom by Doris Stevens (1920)
"PAST in militancy '/ mU write a tong for the President, full of menacing signs,
And, back of it all, millions of discontented eyes." WALT WHITMAN. ..."
8. Scientific Meliorism and the Evolution of Happiness by Jane Hume Clapperton (1885)
"THE SURVIVAL OF BRITISH militancy. "There is no creature whose inward being is
so strong, that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it. ..."
Other Resources:
