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antimilitary

antimilitary adjective: opposed to the military or to military activities.

Adjective

antimilitary (comparative more antimilitary, superlative most antimilitary)

  1. Opposed to the military or to military activities
    • The only armed men Gross shows us in action are arresting demonstrators at European antimilitary protests.1988 November 4, Peter Friederici, “Significant Moments”, in Chicago Reader
    Synonyms:
    pacifist, antiwar

Synonyms of antimilitary

Forms of antimilitary

comparativemore antimilitary
superlativemost antimilitary

Origin of antimilitary

From anti- + military.

Questions about antimilitary

What does antimilitary mean?
Antimilitary means opposed to the military or to military activities.
What part of speech is antimilitary?
Antimilitary is an adjective.

Words near antimilitary in the dictionary

  1. antimilitarism
  2. antimilitarisms
  3. antimilitarist
  4. antimilitaristic
  5. antimilitarists
  6. antimilitary
  7. antimilitia
  8. antimilk
  9. antimimetic
  10. antimine
  11. antimineralisation

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