promilitary
Pro-armed forces stance
Promilitary describes support for the armed forces, military spending, or military solutions to conflicts.
Someone with promilitary views tends to favor strong national defense, veteran benefits, and intervention abroad: The candidate's promilitary stance appealed to voters in base towns.
The term often appears in political contexts contrasting hawkish and dovish positions.
Protection against harm
- hawkishFavoring aggressive action
- interventionistAdvocate for outside involvement
- armed forcesNation's combined military services
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
Pentagon · strong defense · patriotic · jingoistic · war hawk · defense budget · bellicose · martial
Devotion to one's homeland
- flag-wavingDemonstrative national enthusiasm
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- valorCourage in danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
service · sacrifice · yellow ribbon · Memorial Day · Veterans Day · boot camp · recruitment · enlistment
Cautious about altering customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- nationalistOne prioritizing homeland interests
- RepublicanGOP party member
- neoconservativeHawkish interventionist ideology
establishment · lobby · think tank · defense contractor · war party · authoritarian · regime · strongman
defense
Protection against harm
- hawkishFavoring aggressive action
- interventionistAdvocate for outside involvement
- armed forcesNation's combined military services
national security · Pentagon · strong defense · patriotic · jingoistic · war hawk · defense budget · bellicose · martial · combat-ready
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- flag-wavingDemonstrative national enthusiasm
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- valorCourage in danger
heroism · service · sacrifice · yellow ribbon · Memorial Day · Veterans Day · boot camp · recruitment · enlistment · uniform
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- nationalistOne prioritizing homeland interests
- RepublicanGOP party member
neoconservative · establishment · lobby · think tank · defense contractor · war party · authoritarian · regime · strongman · martial law
promilitaryantimilitarist
Opponent of military power
antimilitary · pacifist · anti-war · antiwar · dovish
military, militia, militarism, militarist, militaristic, nonmilitary, militarize, militarily, paramilitary