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Maybe you should buy a dictionary then. Militant can mean violent or not.
Definition of militant
1: engaged in warfare or combat : fighting
2: aggressively active (as in a cause) : combative
militant noun
militantly adverb
militantness noun
militant Synonyms
Synonyms
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, belligerent, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike
Antonyms
nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious
Related Words
antagonistic, fierce, hostile, hot-tempered; acidic, bearish, bilious, bristly, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, stroppy [British], surly, testy, touchy, ugly, waspish; savage, vicious; battling, fighting, warring
Near Antonyms
anti-imperialist, antimilitarist, unwarlike; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, kindhearted, obliging, pleasant, sociable; calm, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil; benign, gentle, kindly, mild
militant
Acting aggressively is violent?
ag·gres·sive [əˈɡresiv] ADJECTIVE
ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression: "he's very uncooperative and aggressive" ·synonyms: hostile · belligerent · bellicose · antagonistic · truculent · pugnacious ·
pursuing one's aims and interests forcefully, sometimes unduly so: "an aggressive businessman"
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Acting aggressively is violent?
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Maybe you should buy a dictionary then. Militant can mean violent or not.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: diggindirt
You missed the or part.
I'm not defending nor condemning Odeh. I'm stating that the op-ed is just an op-ed... these women aren't the organizers and they aren't calling for violence.
originally posted by: Kali74
And I've never seen you write a thread nor drop even a whisper against 'militant' White Nationalists. So I guess you and Odeh are even huh?