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mil⋅i⋅ta⋅rism

[mil-i-tuh-riz-uhm]
–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
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.

Militarism

Mil"i*ta*rism\, n. [Cf. F. militarisme.]

1. A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.

2. The spirit and traditions of military life. --H. Spencer.
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