militancy

noun mil·i·tan·cy \-tən(t)-sē\

Definition of MILITANCY

: the quality or state of being militant

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Synonyms: aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, belligerence, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence

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