militant's Usage Examples:

Such an enthusiasm of militant piety, plainly based on actual successes of Israel and the house of Aaron, can only be referred to the first victories of the Maccabees, culminating in the purification of the Temple in 164 B.

"Charles Pierre Baudelaire >>The Claridades de Sul of Gomes Leal, a militant anti-Christian, at times recall Baudelaire, and flashes of genius run through AntiChristo, which is alive with the instinct of revolt.

The last stage of Scholasticism preceding its dissolution is marked by the revival of Nominalism in a militant form.

As virtuoso he held his own for the entire period during which he chose to appear in public; but the militant conductor and prophet of Wagner had a hard time of it, and the composer's place is still in dispute.

"The great struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans had ended, but the militant spirit was still strong, and brought work for the artists who made and ornamented arms and armour.

"Such an enthusiasm of militant piety, plainly based on actual successes of Israel and the house of Aaron, can only be referred to the first victories of the Maccabees, culminating in the purification of the Temple in 164 B.

Ostentatious avoidance of a fish-diet became, indeed, one of the outward symbols of militant Protestantism among the Puritans.

electricians ' union into one of the most militant unions in northern Sweden.

Suspected al-Qaida militants have killed three westerners in the past week in the Saudi capital.

There were the militant imperialists, deeply impressed by German collectivism.

Their bishops and priests, who wear the moustache in deference to popular prejudice, are typical specimens of the church militant.

I can give you a direct assurance that they are - or in many cases were - in no sense Islamist militants.

She (and John) were part of the undersociety of roving loonies - the black helicopter militants, survivalists and assorted millenialists who stockpile weapons and prepare for Armageddon.

Synonyms:

aggressive, competitive,

Antonyms:

conservative, passive, unaggressive,