martial spirit
Combat-ready disposition
Martial spirit is a warlike disposition or enthusiasm for military action.
It suggests eagerness for combat, valor in battle, or a culture that celebrates military virtues: The martial spirit of the Spartans shaped their entire society.
The phrase can be admiring or critical depending on context—praising courage and discipline, or warning against belligerence.
- swordHilted fighting blade
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- bushidoSamurai honor system
warrior code · courage · valor · discipline · loyalty · tenacity · iron will · never surrender · fortitude · stand your ground · shield · warrior ethos · battle cry · call to arms · chivalry · resolve · esprit de corps · sacrifice
- warrior ethicsbushido, chivalry, code of honor, samurai code, warrior ethos
- valorbravery, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness
- Bushidobushido, samurai code, warrior code, honor code, samurai ethics
martial spiritpacifism
Antiwar moral stance
nonviolence · dovishness · antimilitarism · anti-militarism · conscientious objection
martial spiritcowardice
Absence of bravery
meekness · gentleness · peaceableness · timidity · submissiveness
martial spiritbourgeois values
Middle-class social standards
artistic temperament · cosmopolitanism · hedonism · commercialism
martial, spirit, Mars, spirited, spiritless, spirits, spiritual, spirituality, spiritually