- militancy
- noun Date: 1648 the quality or state of being militant
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Militancy — Mil i*tan*cy, n. [See {Militant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of being militant; warfare. [1913 Webster] 2. A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
militancy — index belligerency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
militancy — (n.) 1640s, from MILITANT (Cf. militant) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
militancy — noun Militancy is used after these nouns: ↑union … Collocations dictionary
militancy — militant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ favouring confrontational methods in support of a cause. ► NOUN ▪ a militant person. DERIVATIVES militancy noun militantly adverb … English terms dictionary
militancy — See militance. * * * … Universalium
militancy — noun /ˈmɪlɪtənsi/ The quality of being militant … Wiktionary
militancy — Synonyms and related words: action, activeness, activism, activity, aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, business, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, doings, fight, goings on,… … Moby Thesaurus
militancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Hostile behavior: aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance. See ATTACK. 2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity,… … English dictionary for students
militancy — mil|i|tan|cy [ mılıtənsi ] noun uncount militant behavior and actions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
