variants
or antimilitarism
: opposition or hostility to the military or to militarism
The problem, in other words, lay within the military culture itself. Improve it, and antimilitarism will go away or, at least, truly become irrelevant.—
Paul B. Miller
Paul B. Miller
anti-militarist
adjective
or antimilitarist
ˌan-tē-ˈmi-lə-tə-ˌrist,
ˌan-tī-
anti-militarist attitudes
anti-militarist
noun
or antimilitarist
The government came down hard on these antimilitarists.
—Robert Gildea
Robert Gildea
anti-militaristic
adjective
or antimilitaristic
ˌan-tē-ˌmi-lə-tə-ˈri-stik,
ˌan-tī-
In this new antimilitaristic age, it was customary for army officers working in Washington not to wear their uniforms except on ceremonial occasions.
—Geoffrey Perret
Geoffrey Perret
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More recently, anti-militarism has been largely the province of the Left, a consequence of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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Loren Thompson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Anti-militarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-militarism. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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