anti-militarism
noun[U]
(alsoantimilitarism)uk/ˌæn.tiˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈmɪl.ə.tɚ.ɪ.zəm//ˌæn.taɪˈmɪl.ə.tɚ.ɪ.zəm/oppositionto theideathat it isnecessaryto havestrongarmedforcesand that they should be used inordertowinpoliticaloreconomicadvantage:
Anti-militarism andpacifismare not the same.
Antimilitarism is acentristviewin Germany.
Compare
anti-military
- The paper'seditorialpolicycould becharacterizedbyitsanti-militarism.
- The country'syoungpeopleshow nosignof anti-militarism.
- His antiauthoritarianism, antimilitarism, andhumanitarianismcausehim tofindactsofpoliticaldominationmorallyrepugnant.
War
- antebellum
- asymmetric warfare
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- bellicosity
- conflagration
- Geneva Convention
- germ warfare
- gung-ho
- holy war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- sinew
- sinews of waridiom
- smokescreen
- the Great War
- the Second World War
- world war
- World War I
- World War II