adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of militaristic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: militaristic
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
militarist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
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General-American: /ˈmɪl.ə.tə.ɹɪst/
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General-American: [ˈmɪl.ə.ɾə.ɹɪst]
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Australian: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
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Australian: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹɪst/
noun
Meaning 2
One who advocates military force to an ardent degree and (usually also) advocates the militarization of society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: jingoist
- It is widely agreed that rule by intransigent militarists led the Empire of Japan to ruin.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bellicist, hawk, warmonger, warnik, jingoist
Antonyms: pacifist, conscientious objector
noun
Meaning 3
One who believes in the use of military force (at all).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pacifist, conscientious objector
noun
Meaning 4
a person who advocates war or warlike policies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: warmonger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adult, grownup
Narrower terms: hawk, war hawk
History
Etymology
From military + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: мілітары́ст (militarýst) — one who believes in military force
- Catalan: militarista — one who believes in military force
- Chinese Mandarin: 軍國主義者 /军国主义者 (jūnguózhǔyìzhě) — one who believes in military force
- Czech: militarista — one who believes in military force
- Danish: militarist — one who believes in military force
- French: militariste — one who believes in military force
- German: Militarist — one who believes in military force
- Greek: στρατοκράτης (stratokrátis) — one who believes in military force
- Hungarian: militarista — one who believes in military force
- Italian: militarista — one who believes in military force
- Japanese: 軍国主義者 (gunkokushugisha) — one who believes in military force
- Kazakh: соғысқұмар (soğysqūmar) — one who believes in military force
- Polish: militarysta — one who believes in military force
- Russian: милитарист (militarist) — one who believes in military force
- Spanish: militarista — one who believes in military force
- Swedish: militarist — one who believes in military force
- Tagalog: makahukbo — one who believes in military force
- Ukrainian: мілітари́ст (militarýst) — one who believes in military force
- Ukrainian: мілітари́стка (militarýstka) — one who believes in military force