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Etymology edit

weapon +‎ -ism

Noun edit

weaponism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A focus on weaponry.
    • 1997, Chinese Communist modernization problems, page 54:
      The paper added that this necessity has little to do with "weaponism" — a theory that weapons are all that matters.
    • 2005, Sam Siber, Second-rate nation:
      [] declared war against "high-tech weaponism."

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