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mil⋅i⋅ta⋅rism

  [mil-i-tuh-riz-uhm]
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–noun
1. a strong military spirit or policy.
2. the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment.
3. the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military.
Origin:
1860–65; < F militarisme, equiv. to militar- (< L mīlitār(is) military ) + -isme -ism
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mil·i·ta·rism   (mĭl'ĭ-tə-rĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class.

  2. Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state.

  3. A policy in which military preparedness is of primary importance to a state.

mil'i·ta·rist n., mil'i·ta·ris'tic (-rĭs'tĭk) adj., mil'i·ta·ris'ti·cal·ly adv.
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