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warism

warism noun: belief that war is justifiable in principle and can be justified in actual cases.

Noun

warism (uncountable)

  1. Belief that war is justifiable in principle and can be justified in actual cases.
    • The book opens with an examination of warism, the uncritical presumption that war is morally justified, even morally required.1991, Patrick G. Coy, Review of From Warism to Pacifism: A Moral Continuum, by D. L. Cady. International Social Science Review, 66(4),, page 185
    • He argues that in our own contemporary Western culture, warism is a dominant outlook.2016, Michaeleen Kelly, "Just War Theory as Ideological and Combatant Role Confusion," International Journal of Peace Studies 21(2)
    Synonyms:
    bellicism

Synonyms of warism

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Origin of warism

From war + -ism.

Questions about warism

What does warism mean?
Warism means belief that war is justifiable in principle and can be justified in actual cases.
What part of speech is warism?
Warism is a noun.

Words near warism in the dictionary

  1. Wario
  2. warish
  3. warished
  4. warishes
  5. warishing
  6. warism
  7. warisome
  8. warison
  9. warisons
  10. wark
  11. Warka

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