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Governmentism vs Bellicism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between governmentism and bellicism

is that governmentism is the aspirations and initiatives associated with individuals who are supportive of institutions and policies that promote strong governance while bellicism is an inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.

governmentism

English

Noun

(-)
  • The aspirations and initiatives associated with individuals who are supportive of institutions and policies that promote strong governance

    • bellicism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
  • *1962 , , The Causes of Wars , p. 271:
  • *:One cannot understand the causes of the First World War unless one appreciates the degree of bellicism in European society at that time, especially in Central Europe […].
  • *2003 , Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love , p. 126:
  • *:Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism .
  • *2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 295:
  • *:Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

    • Related terms

    *bellicist *bellicose

    Synonyms

    *militarism

    Antonyms

    *pacifism

    See also

    *possessionism *supremacistic *territorialist *governmentism *supervisionist *powerism *imperialistic *apartheidism *bloodthirster

    References

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism