warmonger

See also: war-monger

English

Alternative forms

• war-monger
• war monger

Etymology

war +‎ monger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/

Noun

warmonger (plural warmongers)

1. (derogatory) Someone who advocates war; a militarist.

Synonyms

• bellicist
• hawk
• war hawk

Derived terms

• warmongery

Related terms

• monger and its derived terms

Translations

one who advocates war

• Arabic: مُحَرِّض حَرْب m (muḥarriḍ ḥarb), مُحَرِّضَة حَرْب f (muḥarriḍa(t) ḥarb)
• Catalan: bel·licista, militarista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰爭販子／战争贩子 (zhànzhēng fànzi), 战争贩子 (zhànzhēng fànzi), 主戰論者／主战论者, 主战论者 (zhǔzhànlùnzhě), 好戰分子／好战分子, 好战分子 (hàozhàn fènzǐ)

• Czech: válečný štváč m
• Danish: krigsopvigler c (Nazi slur against Churchill)
• Dutch: oorlogsstoker m, oorlogsstookster f
• Finnish: sodanlietsoja (fi)
• French: belliciste (fr) m or f, va-t-en-guerre (fr) m or f, marchand de guerre m, marchande de guerre f, militariste (fr) m or f
• German: Bellizist (de) m, Bellizistin f, Kriegstreiber (de) m, Kriegstreiberin f, Kriegshetzer m, Kriegshetzerin f
• Greek: πολεμοκάπηλος (el) m (polemokápilos)
• Hungarian: háborús uszító (hu)
• Italian: guerrafondaio (it) m, guerrafondaia (it) f
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• Japanese: 戦争屋 (sensōya), 軍国主義者 (gunkokushugisha), 鷹派 (takaha), 強硬派 (kyōkōha), 戦争好き (sensōzuki)
• Korean: 전쟁 도발자 (jeonjaeng dobalja), 전쟁쟁광 (jeonjaengjaenggwang)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krigshisser m

  Nynorsk: krigshissar m

• Portuguese: belicista (pt) m or f
• Russian: разжига́тель войны́ m (razžigátelʹ vojný), поджига́тель войны́ m (podžigátelʹ vojný), милитари́ст (ru) m (militaríst)
• Spanish: belicista m or f, militarista m or f
• Swedish: krigshetsare c, krigsivrare c
• Thai: ผู้กระหายสงคราม (pûu-grà-hǎai-sǒng-kraam)
• Turkish: ateş karıştırıcısı, savaş çığırtkanı, savaş kışkırtıcısı, savaş satıcısı

Verb

warmonger (third-person singular simple present warmongers, present participle warmongering, simple past and past participle warmongered)

1. (derogatory, intransitive) To advocate war.
   • 2002, Robert Colls, Identity of England

     Harmsworth's Daily Mail had warmongered for over twenty years.

Translations

to advocate war

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: lietsoa sotaa
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 전쟁을 내세우다 (jeonjaeng'eul naese'uda), 전쟁을 주장하다 (jeonjaeng'eul jujanghada)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can