What is another word for militate (against)?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪlɪtˌe͡ɪt ɐɡˈɛnst] (IPA)

Militate is a verb that means to work against or oppose something. There are a number of synonyms for militate, including resist, hinder, impede, thwart, obstruct, and hamper. These words all indicate that someone or something is causing an obstacle or barrier to the achievement of a goal or the completion of an action. Whether it is an external force or an internal struggle, these synonyms for militate are a useful way to describe the challenges that we sometimes face in life. By recognizing the factors that militate against us, we can work to overcome them and achieve success.

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  • Again, in regard to actual human existence, I have found myself giving honour to those who feel its tragedy, who think truly about Death, who are oppressed by ignoble things even when they are inevitable; yet these qualities appear to me to militate (against) happiness, not only to the possessors, but to all whom they affect. And, generally, the best life seems to me one which thinks truly and feels greatly about human things, and which, in addition, contemplates the world of beauty and of abstract truths. This last is, perhaps, my most anti-utilitarian opinion: I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist – all that is commonly called Science – to be of very slight value compared to the knowledge which, like philosophy and mathematics, is concerned with ideal and eternal objects, and is freed from this miserable world which God has made. [Utilitarians] have been strangely anxious to prove that the life of the pig is not happier than that of the philosopher – a most dubious proposition...
    Bertrand Russell

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