Word: militaryism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
li
ta
ry
i
sm
Definition: militarism; a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
Morphemes:
Affix: military
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Armed forces.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mile
Language: en
Decoded: mile
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5, 280feet or 1, 760yards of various precise values.
Affix: -s
Language: en
Decoded: -s
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.
Affix: -āris
Language: la
Decoded: -aris
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms masculine agent nouns, positive and especially negative nicknames and other designations, especially in colloquial language.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.