Home › Words › W › weaponismweaponismweaponism means A focus on weaponry.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, weaponism ranks #12,414 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom weapon + -ism.nounA focus on weaponry.e.g.“The paper added that this necessity has little to do with "weaponism" — a theory that weapons are all that matters.” — 1997, Chinese Communist modernization problems, page 54:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.weaponist 74% match — A user, maker or proponent of weapons. vs weaponism →arms 65% match — Weaponry, weapons. vs weaponism →weaponisation 63% match — The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon. vs weaponism →antiweapon 62% match — Opposing or countering weapons. vs weaponism →beweaponed 59% match — Armed with weapons. vs weaponism →cyberweaponry 58% match — cyberweapons collectively vs weaponism →weaponization 58% match — American and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation. vs weaponism →apacheism 58% match — A warlike attitude. vs weaponism →