militancy
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪtənsi/
:
militancia
- The group's militancy pushed for immediate reforms in the voting system.
- labor militancy
- Islamic militancy
- political militancy
So the militancy came from the oppression.
- So the militancy came from the oppression.
- They, we have now a generation and a half of university students who have been, in my view, brainwashed into leftist militancy.
- And that fed my, that fed my militancy again, didn't it?
Examples
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After years of increasing militancy on the part of the WSPU and increasing politicking on the part of the NUWSS.
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The kind of militancy and our militancy that you see happening in Watts is becoming more recognizable and more frequent.
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His militancy has caused the Alliance a great many problems.
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I hear it now, not as a call to legislation or even militancy, but as a personal commitment.
Fiction book (1993) -
And so I will deal with the rising militancy of American labor.
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Unfortunately, this enhanced participation has also led to a growth in political militancy and violence.
Academic text (1996) -
And it has made it easier for the upsurge in labor militancy to happen in this country.
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Increasing congressional militancy has prompted the Bush administration to repair its relations.
Academic text (1993) -
If unions do engage in wage militancy, then the future of economic reform may be undermined.
Academic text (1994) -
Whatever happened afterwards, Khalistani militancy had gained a permanent place in the Indian polity.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
1
7.5
A willingness to argue or fight
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8.8
A strong, aggressive way of acting to support a cause
Antonyms
31
7.2
A feeling of being too satisfied with yourself that makes you ignore possible problems
How Militant
- Literature
62
7.4
8
8.1
- Literature
9
4.6
89
4.1
12
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Militancy comes from the same root as military, originally from a word for 'soldier' or 'fighting'. So militancy today pictures being ready to act strongly or even aggressively to support a cause.