militancy
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Definition of militancy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for militancy
Synonyms
aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence
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Examples of militancy in a Sentence
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For decades, Kashmir has been racked by militancy, oppression and unrest. — New York Times, "India’s Move in Kashmir: More Than 2,000 Rounded Up With No Recourse," 23 Aug. 2019 Kashmir is already estimated to have around 600,000 soldiers engaged in anti-militancy operations. — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, "Kashmir descends into a witch’s brew of fear and suspense," 4 Aug. 2019 The central government imposes the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, giving armed forces unprecedented powers to counter armed militancy. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "A timeline of key events that shaped the unique identity of Kashmir within India," 5 Aug. 2019 Far-right militancy is resurgent in Germany, horrifying a country that prides itself on dealing honestly with its murderous past. — Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com, "A political murder and far-right terrorism: Germany’s new hateful reality," 7 July 2019 But, the situation started to decline during Saddam’s era and became further complicated after 2003, mainly due to the rise of the country’s religious institutions but also militancy and extremism. — Washington Post, "Tough road for Iraq’s female candidates in May 12 elections," 5 May 2018 What Dworkin brought to the scene was, depending on your view of her rhetoric, either a bolder militancy or a greater tendentiousness. — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, "Fighting for Her Life," 17 June 2019 Still, many of today’s vegans don’t identify with some of that militancy. — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, "Pass the tofu: How eating vegan became a billion-dollar business," 29 Mar. 2019 The monasteries, located in remote desert areas, have had faint experience with the rise in Islamic militancy following the 2013 military ouster of former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi after mass protests against his rule. — Menna Zaki, Fox News, "Egypt Coptic Church stops accepting monks after bishop death," 3 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'militancy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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