militarism

belief of government that it should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it
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militarism
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militarism

Summary

militarism is a political concept[1]. militarism draws 560 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #9 of 86).[2]

Key Facts

  • militarism's instance of is recorded as political concept[3].
  • militarism is a type of political ideology[4].
  • militarism is a type of counterculture[5].
  • militarism's Commons category is recorded as Militarism[6].
  • militarism is the opposite of antimilitarism[7].
  • militarism's has cause is recorded as militarization[8].
  • militarism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Militarism[9].
  • militarism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • militarism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • militarism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • militarism's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[13].
  • militarism's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • militarism's different from is recorded as militarization[15].
  • militarism's different from is recorded as bellicosism[16].
  • militarism's different from is recorded as imperialism[17].
  • militarism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Definition and Type

militarism's instance of is recorded as political concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include political ideology[4] and counterculture[5]. militarism is the opposite of antimilitarism[7].

Why It Matters

militarism draws 560 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #9 of 86).[2] militarism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] militarism is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Different from militarization, bellicosism, imperialism
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2213680
    Aliases
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17142, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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