militancy

militancy
militancy (n.) 1640s, from MILITANT (Cf. militant) + -CY (Cf. -cy).

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  • Militancy — Mil i*tan*cy, n. [See {Militant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of being militant; warfare. [1913 Webster] 2. A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • militancy — index belligerency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • militancy — noun Militancy is used after these nouns: ↑union …   Collocations dictionary

  • militancy — militant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ favouring confrontational methods in support of a cause. ► NOUN ▪ a militant person. DERIVATIVES militancy noun militantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • militancy — noun Date: 1648 the quality or state of being militant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • militancy — See militance. * * * …   Universalium

  • militancy — noun /ˈmɪlɪtənsi/ The quality of being militant …   Wiktionary

  • militancy — Synonyms and related words: action, activeness, activism, activity, aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, business, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, doings, fight, goings on,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • militancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Hostile behavior: aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance. See ATTACK. 2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity,… …   English dictionary for students

  • militancy — mil|i|tan|cy [ mılıtənsi ] noun uncount militant behavior and actions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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