All 11 Uses of
militant
in
Black Boy
- Appreciation of the thoroughness of white militancy.†
Chpt 1.3 *militancy = the quality of using extreme or violent actions to achieve a political goal
- Militantly resentful of slavery, he joined the Union Army to kill southern whites; he waded in icy streams; slept in mud; suffered, fought ....Mustered out, he returned to the South and, during elections, guarded ballot boxes with his army rifle so that Negroes could vote.†
Chpt 1.5militantly = in a manner that uses extreme or violent methods to achieve a political goal
- I had to admit that I had never heard atheism of so militant a nature; but the Communist speaker seemed to be amusing and frightening the people more than he was convincing them.†
Chpt 2.16militant = using extreme or violent methods used to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods
- Yet deep down I feared their militant ignorance.†
Chpt 2.19
- "Do you know Evans?" he asked, referring to a local, militant Negro Communist.†
Chpt 2.19
- His was a long and militant record in the Communist party.†
Chpt 2.19
- I was glad that he was militant, but I was frightened when I pondered upon what he could do with his militancy.†
Chpt 2.19
- I was glad that he was militant, but I was frightened when I pondered upon what he could do with his militancy.†
Chpt 2.19militancy = the quality of using extreme or violent actions to achieve a political goal
- Come with us and we will support your vision with militant action.†
Chpt 2.19militant = using extreme or violent methods used to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods
- As I listened to the militant speeches, I found myself wondering why in hell I had come.†
Chpt 2.19
- He meant that Ross's militancy was extreme.†
Chpt 2.19militancy = the quality of using extreme or violent actions to achieve a political goal
Definition:
using extreme or violent methods to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods