militancy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

militancy
    n 1: a militant aggressiveness [syn: {combativeness},
         {militance}, {militancy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Militancy \Mil"i*tan*cy\, n. [See {Militant}.]
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   1. The state of being militant; warfare.
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   2. A military spirit or system; militarism. --H. Spencer.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "militancy":
      action, activeness, activism, activity, aggression, aggressiveness,
      antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency,
      business, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, doings,
      fight, goings-on, hostility, jingoism, martialism, militarism,
      motion, movement, political activism, proceedings, pugnaciousness,
      pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, saber rattling, stir, truculence,
      unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering, warpath