overmilitarize

English

Alternative forms

  • overmilitarise

Etymology

From over- +‎ militarize.

Verb

overmilitarize (third-person singular simple present overmilitarizes, present participle overmilitarizing, simple past and past participle overmilitarized)

  1. To militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches
    • 1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      "We overmilitarized," he said.

Derived terms

  • overmilitarization
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