militancy

[Eng. militant; -cy.] *1. Ord. Lang.: Warfare, militarism. "Constituted in a state of continual militancy." Mount ague: Devout E ays, pt. i., tr. x., § 7. 2. Sociol .: That social condition of a nation or tribe ideally organized for war. In such a state of society the tendency is for the body of warriors to bear the largest practicable ratio to the body of workers; individuality becomes merged in the community; despotism and centralization ensue, and a proce of regimentation goes on even in civil life; freedom of movement from place to place is restricted; state organizations take the place of private combinations; and such a society usually evolves, or endeavors to evolve, a self-sufficient sustaining organization, drawing as much as po ible all supplies from its own resources, this course of action leading to a protectionist policy. "The several traits which of nece ity militancy tends to produce."-Herbert Spencer: Principles of Sociology, § 547. militant