militant

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Fighting or disposed to fight

   Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.

   • The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.
   • Senior members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant network blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, have announced they are disbanding the group, according to a report by a Jakarta-based think tank on Thursday.
2. 2

   Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.

   Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative.

   • The physiological state is not itself militant against erotic expression.
3. 3

   A soldier, a combatant.

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   1. 4

      An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a…

      An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.

      • [Jim Owles] lamented the declining influence of militant organizations and tactics, stating that militants "help keep the rest of us honest," and prevent moderates from selling out.
      • 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.
   2. 5

      Someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.

The neighborhood

• synonymwarrish
• neighbormilitance
• neighbormilitary
• neighbormilitia