Vocabulary Word
Word: militant
Definition: combative; bellicose; N.
Definition: combative; bellicose; N.
Sentences Containing 'militant'
'Seeing the ease and security in which these people were living, I felt that this close resemblance of the sexes was after all what one would expect; for the strength of a man and the softness of a woman, the institution of the family, and the differentiation of occupations are mere militant necessities of an age of physical force; where population is balanced and abundant, much childbearing becomes an evil rather than a blessing to the State; where violence comes but rarely and off-spring are secure, there is less necessity--indeed there is no necessity--for an efficient family, and the specialization of the sexes with reference to their children's needs disappears.
Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars?
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