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MILITARIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who advocates war or warlike policies
Synonyms:
militarist; warmonger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("militarist" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "militarist"):
hawk; war hawk (an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations)
Derivation:
militarism (a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests)
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