warmakers
Those who fight
Those who initiate, promote, or conduct war.
The term often carries a critical or accusatory tone, suggesting deliberate choice rather than defensive necessity: The warmakers in Washington pushed for intervention.
It emphasizes human agency behind armed conflict—wars don't just happen; warmakers make them.
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- warhawksAdvocates for armed conflict
- militaristsAdvocates of armed aggression
- interventionistsSupporters of external involvement
- neoconservativesHawkish right-wing interventionists
jingoists · warmongers · hardliners · expansionists · imperialists · nationalists · provocateurs · aggressors
Those causing problems deliberately
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- antagonistsOpponents in conflict
inciters · rabble-rousers · firebrands · dividers · destabilizers · polarizers · disruptors · fomenters
Broad statements or commanders
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
- military-industrial complexDefense and arms industry alliance
defense contractors · arms dealers · Pentagon · strategists · chiefs of staff · high command · brass · marshals
hawks
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- warhawksAdvocates for armed conflict
- militaristsAdvocates of armed aggression
- interventionistsSupporters of external involvement
neoconservatives · jingoists · warmongers · hardliners · expansionists · imperialists · nationalists · provocateurs · aggressors · belligerents
troublemakers
Those causing problems deliberately
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
- provocateursThose who incite discord
antagonists · inciters · rabble-rousers · firebrands · dividers · destabilizers · polarizers · disruptors · fomenters · inflaming
generals
Broad statements or commanders
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
military-industrial complex · defense contractors · arms dealers · Pentagon · strategists · chiefs of staff · high command · brass · marshals · officers
conquerors
Those who defeat and dominate
Caesars · khans · pharaohs · sultans · tsars · kaisers · fuhrers · warlords · colonizers · crusaders
warmakerspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
peacekeepers · diplomats · mediators · negotiators · arbitrators
warmakerspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
conscientious objectors · peace activists · war resisters · dissenters · Quakers
warmakershealers
Those who treat ailments
humanitarians · aid workers · relief workers · protectors · rescuers