Etymology

militarism

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Today it means: An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect. Full definition →

French militarisme
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  1. French · derived frommilitarisme
  2. English todaymilitarism

From French militarisme, by surface analysis, military + -ism.

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