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weaponism

weaponism noun: a focus on weaponry.

Noun

weaponism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A focus on weaponry.
    • The paper added that this necessity has little to do with "weaponism" — a theory that weapons are all that matters.1997, Chinese Communist modernization problems, page 54
    • […] declared war against "high-tech weaponism."2005, Sam Siber, Second-rate nation

Origin of weaponism

From weapon + -ism.

Questions about weaponism

What does weaponism mean?
Weaponism means a focus on weaponry.
What part of speech is weaponism?
Weaponism is a noun.

Words near weaponism in the dictionary

  1. weaponised incompetence
  2. weaponiser
  3. weaponisers
  4. weaponises
  5. weaponising
  6. weaponism
  7. weaponist
  8. weaponists
  9. weaponizability
  10. weaponizable
  11. weaponization

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