Noun
A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.
The spirit and traditions of military life.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. Christian Lous Lange
No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states. Christian Lous Lange
Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire. Karl Liebknecht
Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism. Christian Lous Lange
Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization. Christian Lous Lange
The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. Martin Luther King Jr.