martialism

1. (obsolete) The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.Examples: "You, a poet, will understand when I say that the same relationship which exists between bourgeois art and art exists between militarism and martialism."; "This perspective differed radically from the core values of realist writers; in this sense, it is suggested that realism should be regarded in aspects as the antithesis of martialism, and not (as many writers of international theory seem to hold) as its corollary."; "Malay war memory thus emerged with a similar form to that of Indian war memory, in the sense that memories of martialism are seen as expressions of nationalism."obsoleteuncountable