using, or willing to use, force or strong pressure to achieve your aims, especially to achieve social or political change:
militant groups / leaders * Some trade unions have a more militant approach to pay negotiations. * a militant feminist movement
militancy noun [U]:
a growing militancy amongst the unemployed
militant noun:
Student militants were fighting with the police.
militantly adverb
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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