Militancy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The condition of being militant; a state of warfare or conflict.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being militant; warfare.
  • noun. A military spirit or system; militarism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being militant.
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  • noun. a militant aggressiveness
  • Word Usage
    "He said the suspects are hiding in North Waziristan, a Pakistani tribal region where militancy is rife and where the U.S. has focused many of its drone-fired missile strikes."
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