Definition of Military-industrial complex

1. Noun. A country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment. "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"

Generic synonyms: Vested Interest

Definition of Military-industrial complex

1. Noun. The armed forces of a nation together with the industries that supply their weapons and materiel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Military-industrial Complex

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militarism
militarisms
militarist
militaristic
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militarization
militarizations
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militarizes
militarizing
military
military-academy
military-entertainment complex
military-industrial complex (current term)
military-school
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military academies
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Literary usage of Military-industrial complex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Russian Foreign Policy: Proliferation to Rogue Regimes: Hearing Before the by Benjamin A. Gilman (2000)
"Second, as it's been said, the United States has a military industrial complex, but the Soviet Union was a military industrial complex. ..."

2. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"Such conditions would also lend greater importance to the military-industrial complex and the National Security Service, since both institutions can claim ..."

3. Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography by Martin Anderson, Valerie Bloom (1976)
"1972. Sage Publications. Beverly Hills, California. 340 pages. This book "seeks to reassess the military-industrial complex, not onlv with respect ..."

4. Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons by Richard D. Peacock (1993)
"Second, as it's been said, the United States has a military industrial complex, but the Soviet Union was a military industrial complex. ..."

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