warism

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -ism.

Noun

warism (uncountable)

1. Belief that war is justifiable in principle and can be justified in actual cases.
   • 1991, Patrick G. Coy, Review of From Warism to Pacifism: A Moral Continuum, by D. L. Cady. International Social Science Review, 66(4),, page 185:

     The book opens with an examination of warism, the uncritical presumption that war is morally justified, even morally required.

   • 2016, Michaeleen Kelly, "Just War Theory as Ideological and Combatant Role Confusion," International Journal of Peace Studies 21(2):

     He argues that in our own contemporary Western culture, warism is a dominant outlook.

Synonyms

• bellicism

Antonyms

• pacifism

References

• Oxford Reference, "Warism" (accessed 31 Dec 2022)