variants
or antimilitary
: characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward the military
postwar antimilitary sentiment
anti-military protests
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What happens if the medium that once drew 200,000 in Recife to see Hair in defiance of the government, who thought it anti-military, no longer merits the same huge spaces that were once dedicated to it?
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024
For instance, shortly after Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood sided with the military junta against the liberal side’s anti-military protests.
—Muhammad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2016
The state censorship machine could not keep up with the flood of viral videos on social media spreading Mr. Khan’s anti-military messages.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the military has used an especially heavy hand ahead of this vote, analysts say, a reflection of the growing anti-military fervor in the country stoked by Mr. Khan.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Khatami said major layoffs at Google announced in January pushed him to get more involved in the Alphabet Workers Union, which provides resources to Khatami and other union members in an anti-military working group — though the union has not taken a formal stance on Project Nimbus.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Move Forward capitalized on this anti-royalist, anti-military sentiment, which became the bedrock of the party’s progressive platform.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
An anti-military authority drama turning on a teen who enrols in a military academy looking for a better future.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024
For instance, shortly after Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood sided with the military junta against the liberal side’s anti-military protests.
—Muhammad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2016
The state censorship machine could not keep up with the flood of viral videos on social media spreading Mr. Khan’s anti-military messages.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the military has used an especially heavy hand ahead of this vote, analysts say, a reflection of the growing anti-military fervor in the country stoked by Mr. Khan.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Khatami said major layoffs at Google announced in January pushed him to get more involved in the Alphabet Workers Union, which provides resources to Khatami and other union members in an anti-military working group — though the union has not taken a formal stance on Project Nimbus.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Move Forward capitalized on this anti-royalist, anti-military sentiment, which became the bedrock of the party’s progressive platform.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
An anti-military authority drama turning on a teen who enrols in a military academy looking for a better future.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Anti-military.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-military. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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