Militancy

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The term militancy describes both a warlike attitude, an aggressive demeanor, a physical willingness to use violence on the part of people and groups in the fight for or against political or religious convictions, as well as an aggressive, violent approach.

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Origin of the term

The term is derived from 15th century Latin. There militare meant "serving as a soldier" (lat. Miles ). The term military is also derived from this term - on the other hand, militancy usually represents a programmatic and structural tendency towards aggressiveness in the civilian sector.

Militant (isme) in French and Filipino English means a committed advocacy of an activist for a cause that is usually implemented without physical violence, for example by means of writing, song and civil disobedience .

Use of terms

Usually militants organize against actual or supposed oppression by state violence or other abuses.

Sometimes the term is also used to refer to a person with a strongly entrenched opinion, for example with the expressions "militant Christian " or "militant atheist ". Militancy stands for certain philosophical, religious or other theories and programs that make use of the inherent potential for violence or stir it up. The term “militant state” stands for a highly armed or ideologically aggressive state .

Web links

Wiktionary: Militanz  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. a b Eckart Thurich: pocket politics. Democracy in Germany 2006 . Federal Agency for Civic Education , Bonn 2006.
  2. militant. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  3. Militancy . know.de
  4. ^ Meyers Lexikon Online ( Memento from June 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Center National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales