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The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, usually for a cause. Journalists often use militant as a neutral term for soldiers who do not belong to an established government military organization. Typically, a militant engages in violence as part of a claimed struggle against oppression, but the word is sometimes used (usually in a derogatory way) to describe anyone with strongly held views (e.g. militant Christian, militant atheist).