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militarism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A focus on, or excessive use of, military force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hawkishness

History

Etymology

From French militarisme, by surface analysis, military + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: militarizëm — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Arabic: عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʕaskariyya) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Armenian: միլիտարիզմ (militarizm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Azerbaijani: militarizm — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Belarusian: мілітары́зм (militarýzm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Bulgarian: милитари́зъм (militarízǎm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Bulgarian: военолю́бие (voenoljúbie) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Burmese: စစ်အာဏာရှင်ဝါဒ (cacanahrang-wada.) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Burmese: စစ်ဝါဒ (cac-wada.) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Catalan: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍國主義 /军国主义 (jūnguózhǔyì) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Czech: militarismus — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Danish: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Dutch: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Estonian: militarism — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Finnish: militarismi — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • French: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Galician: militarismo — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Georgian: მილიტარიზმი (miliṭarizmi) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • German: Militarismus — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Greek: στρατοκρατία (stratokratía) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Greek: μιλιταρισμός (militarismós) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Greek: στρατιωτικοποίηση (stratiotikopoíisi) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Hindi: सैन्यवाद (sainyavād) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Hungarian: militarizmus — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Indonesian: militerisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Italian: militarismo — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Japanese: 軍国主義 (gunkokushugi) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Kazakh: милитаризм (militarizm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Khmer: យោធនិយម (yoothĕəʼniyum) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Korean: 군국주의 (gun'gukjuui) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Kyrgyz: милитаризм (militarizm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Lao: ລັດທິທະຫານ (lat thi tha hān) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Latvian: militārisms — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Lithuanian: militarizmas — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Macedonian: милитари́зам (militarízam) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Malay: faham ketenteraan — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Malay: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: militarisme — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Pashto: مليتاريزم (melitārizǝm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Persian: میلیتارییسم (militârism) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Persian: نظامیگری (nezâmi-gari) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Polish: militaryzm — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Portuguese: militarismo — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Romanian: militarism — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Russian: милитари́зм (militarízm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Serbo-Croatian: милитарѝзам — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Serbo-Croatian: militarìzam — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Slovak: militarizmus — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Slovene: militarizem — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Spanish: militarismo — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Swedish: militarism — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Tajik: милитаризм (militarizm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Thai: ลัทธิทหาร (lát-tí-tá-hǎan) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Thai: แสนยนิยม (sɛ̌ɛn-yá-ní-yom) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Tibetan: དམག་རྒྱལ་རིང་ལུགས (dmag rgyal ring lugs) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Turkish: militarizm — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Turkish: orduculuk — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Ukrainian: мілітари́зм (militarýzm) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Urdu: جارِحِیَّت (jārhiyyat) — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Uzbek: militarizm — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa quân phiệt — an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect