war party
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- noun
- /wɔr ˈpɑrti/
- Literature
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partido belicista
- She led the influential war party at the Prussian court.
- become a war party
Examples
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There is also a war party arguing that now is the time to hit back at the West in retaliation for the collapse of the Soviet Union and to regain much of the power Russia once possessed.
Academic text (2015) -
She led the influential war party at the Prussian court.
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But this is not without danger, for the helpers can come under fire; then the UN becomes a war party.
Academic text (1996) -
The senator's speech revealed his allegiance to the war party advocating military intervention.
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Many political analysts believe that the president's rhetoric aligns with the war party pushing for aggressive action overseas.
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In recent elections, the war party gained significant support from voters concerned about national security.
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'war' specifies the type of 'party' as an armed or military group, so a learner who knows both words can infer a group assembled for fighting or raids. This noun-noun combination follows regular English compounding patterns and has close parallels in other languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
War party comes from politics. It pictures a smaller group or party inside a government that backs war and pushes leaders to fight, so it now means 'a group that supports war'.