different between militant vs militarist

English

Etymology

From Middle French militant, from Latin m?lit?ns, present participle of m?lit?re (“to serve as a soldier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?t?nt/

Adjective

militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)

1. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 394:

     The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.

2. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• warrish

Translations

Noun

militant (plural militants)

1. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th-19th c.]
2. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
   • 2008, Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage, Wikinews:

     Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.

3. Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• Militant Tendency
• ultramilitant

Related terms

• militance
• military
• militia

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

militant (masculine and feminine plural militants)

1. A militant.

Verb

militant

1. present participle of militar

Further reading

• “militant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “militant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “militant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “militant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.li?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mi?li?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology

Borrowed from French militant.

Adjective

militant (comparative militanter, superlative militantst)

1. militant (belligerent, tending to violence, defensive)

Inflection

Related terms

• militair
• militie

Noun

militant m (plural militanten)

1. A militant, combatant.
2. A devoted supporter, activist.

Derived terms

• partijmilitant
• vakbondsmilitant

French

Etymology

From militer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.li.t??/

Adjective

militant (feminine singular militante, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantes)

1. militant

Noun

militant m (plural militants)

1. An activist, campaigner

   Synonyms: partisan, supporter, supporteur

Verb

militant

1. present participle of militer

Further reading

• “militant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• limitant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?lit?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mili?tant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

militant (comparative militanter, superlative am militantesten)

1. militant

Declension

Latin

Verb

m?litant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?lit?

Occitan

Adjective

militant m (feminine singular militanta, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantas)

1. militant

Romanian

Etymology

From French militant.

Adjective

militant m or n (feminine singular militant?, masculine plural militan?i, feminine and neuter plural militante)

1. activist

Declension

English

Etymology

military +? -ist

Noun

militarist (plural militarists)

1. One who believes in the use of military force.

Antonyms

• pacifist

Related terms

• militarism
• militant
• bellicist

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• militairist (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French militariste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.li.ta??r?st/
• Hyphenation: mi?li?ta?rist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

militarist m (uncountable)

1. militarist [from late 1860s]

Derived terms

• militaristisch

Related terms

• militarisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French militariste

Noun

militarist m (plural militari?ti)

1. militarist

Declension