promilitary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pro- +‎ military.

Adjective[edit]

promilitary (comparative more promilitary, superlative most promilitary)

  1. Favoring or supporting the military
    • 1988 February 26, Tom Panelas, “Video news: looking closer at the TV war”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      During those years you had programs like The Big Red One on WAPI in Birmingham, Alabama, which was avidly promilitary, being aired at the same time as The Anderson Platoon on CBS, which showed the 'grunt's-eye view,' an unfavorable picture of the war.