militarist

See also: Militarist

English

Etymology

From military +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ə.tə.ɹɪst/, [ˈmɪl.ə.ɾə.ɹɪst]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/, /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹɪst/

Noun

militarist (plural militarists)

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

Antonyms

• pacifist

Derived terms

• antimilitarist
• militaristic

Related terms

• militarism
• militant
• bellicist

Translations

one who believes in military force

• Belarusian: мілітары́ст m (militarýst)
• Catalan: militarista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍國主義者 / 军国主义者 (zh) (jūnguózhǔyìzhě)

• Czech: militarista m
• Danish: militarist c
• French: militariste (fr)
• German: Militarist (de) m
• Greek: στρατοκράτης (el) m (stratokrátis)
• Hungarian: militarista (hu)
• Italian: militarista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 軍国主義者 (ja) (ぐんこくしゅぎしゃ, gunkokushugisha)
• Kazakh: соғысқұмар (soğysqūmar)
• Polish: militarysta m
• Russian: милитарист (ru) m (militarist)
• Spanish: militarista (es) m or f
• Swedish: militarist (sv) c
• Tagalog: makahukbo
• Ukrainian: мілітари́ст m (militarýst), мілітари́стка f (militarýstka)

Adjective

militarist (comparative more militarist, superlative most militarist)

1. Synonym of militaristic.
   • 1949 November 29, Thomas J. Hamilton, quoting Philip C[aryl] Jessup, “U. S. Plan on China Bids Nations Honor Her Independence […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2025:

     The common efforts of the United Nations in rescuing China and Japan from the grasp of imperialist and militarist power must not be nullified by acquiescence in new imperialist conquest by more subtle devices than outright war.

   • 1979 September 5, Kevin Klose, “U.S. Publishers Threaten Boycott of Future Moscow Book Fairs”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2017:

     Soviet authorities said some books were banned because they did not "serve the purpose of detente and mutual understanding," others because they were "militarist and racist literature and pornography."

   • 1992 May 25, Alexander Cockburn, “Column Left; Alexander Cockburn: [Ross] Perot’s Plan Is There for Us to Find […]”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 December 2022:

     Perot’s invocation of such solutions is integral to his ideological outlook, which is militarist-corporativist, reminiscent of 1930s Italian fascism. […] Perot’s ties to right-wing, militarist populism may be more complex and troubling than is now supposed.

Danish

Noun

militarist c (singular definite militaristen, plural indefinite militarister)

1. militarist

Declension

Declension of militarist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	militarist	militaristen	militarister	militaristerne
genitive	militarists	militaristens	militaristers	militaristernes

Derived terms

• militaristisk

Related terms

• militarisere
• militarisme
• militær

Further reading

• “militarist” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “militarist” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• militairist (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French militariste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.li.taːˈrɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧ta‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

militarist m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. militarist [from late 1860s]

Derived terms

• militaristisch

Related terms

• militarisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French militariste. By surface analysis, militar +‎ -ist.

Noun

militarist m (plural militariști)

1. militarist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	militarist	militaristul	militariști	militariștii
genitive-dative	militarist	militaristului	militariști	militariștilor
vocative	militaristule		militariștilor

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of militär (“military”) +‎ -ist (“-ist”), confer militarism. First attested in 1886.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪˈtæːrˌɪst/

• Audio (Småland):

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Noun

militarist c

1. militarist

Declension

Declension of militarist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	militarist	militarists
	definite	militaristen	militaristens
plural	indefinite	militarister	militaristers
	definite	militaristerna	militaristernas

Derived terms

• militaristisk

Related terms

• militarisera
• militarism
• militär

References

• “militarist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “militarist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “militarist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)