CEFR C1

militarism

noun

Meaning

militarism means an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses militarism to mean an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's....
The teacher asked students to find militarism in the reading.

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militarism (C1)

noun

Definition

militarism means an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses militarism to mean an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's....
The teacher asked students to find militarism in the reading.
Check the words around militarism to choose the right meaning.

How to Use militarism

a/the militarism (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a militarism."
militarism in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked militarism in context before translating it."

Antonyms of militarism

Words with the opposite meaning to militarism:

anti-militarism

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