militarist

From military +‎ -ist.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ə.tə.ɹɪst/, [ˈmɪl.ə.ɾə.ɹɪst]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/, /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹɪst/

militarist (plural militarists)

1. One who believes in the use of military force.

• pacifist

• militarism
• militant
• bellicist

militarist (comparative more militarist, superlative most militarist)

1. Synonym of militaristic.
   • 1949 November 29, Thomas J. Hamilton, quoting Philip C[aryl] Jessup, “U. S. Plan on China Bids Nations Honor Her Independence […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2025:

     The common efforts of the United Nations in rescuing China and Japan from the grasp of imperialist and militarist power must not be nullified by acquiescence in new imperialist conquest by more subtle devices than outright war.

   • 1979 September 5, Kevin Klose, “U.S. Publishers Threaten Boycott of Future Moscow Book Fairs”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2017:

     Soviet authorities said some books were banned because they did not "serve the purpose of detente and mutual understanding," others because they were "militarist and racist literature and pornography."

   • 1992 May 25, Alexander Cockburn, “Column Left; Alexander Cockburn: [Ross] Perot’s Plan Is There for Us to Find […]”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 December 2022:

     Perot’s invocation of such solutions is integral to his ideological outlook, which is militarist-corporativist, reminiscent of 1930s Italian fascism. […] Perot’s ties to right-wing, militarist populism may be more complex and troubling than is now supposed.

militarist c (singular definite militaristen, plural indefinite militarister)

1. militarist

• “militarist” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “militarist” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• militairist (archaic)

Borrowed from French militariste.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.li.taːˈrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧ta‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

militarist m (uncountable)

1. militarist [from late 1860s]

• militaristisch

• militarisme

Borrowed from French militariste. By surface analysis, militar +‎ -ist.

militarist m (plural militariști)

1. militarist

Compound of militär (“military”) +‎ -ist (“-ist”), confer militarism. First attested in 1886.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪˈtæːrˌɪst/

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militarist c

1. militarist

• militarist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• militarist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• militarist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)