militarism
军国主义,军事主义,军人主义,军事化
Definitions
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- : a strong military spirit or policy.
- : the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment.
- : the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military.
Examples
What most liberals are passionate about is one thing: opposition to U.S. militarism.
Was the ‘Great War’ a necessary fight against German militarism, or was it completely avoidable?
Prussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no Führer.
But most recent histories depict it as a necessary fight against German militarism.
Even more important, we need to pay attention to the emergence of militarism among some military officers.
Militarism did not crush them with its weight of lead and steel and its terrible waste of productive energy.
Militarism in the sense of courage, patriotism, discipline, and devotion to duty is a splendid thing.
Moreover, Germany as the home of militarism offers a wide field for Jewish speculation.
We went to war against German militarism, and to make the world safe for democracy—meaning thereby capitalist commercialism.
"German militarism," the reply that springs to the lips, is no more a threat to civilisation than French or Russian militarism.