About The Word Belligerence

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Belligerence

Belligerence Meaning & Definition
Belligerence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Belligerence?

[n] a disposition to fight
[n] hostile or warlike attitude or nature

Synonyms | Synonyms for Belligerence: aggressiveness | belligerency | contentiousness | pugnacity | quarrelsomeness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Belligerence: aggression | aggressiveness | all-out war | antagonism | antipathy | appeal to arms | argumentativeness | armed combat | armed conflict | attack | battle | bellicism | bellicosity | belligerency | bickering | bloodshed | chauvinism | clash | clashing | collision | combat | combativeness | conflict | contention | contentiousness | despitefulness | disputatiousness | dissension | dissent | dissidence | faction | factiousness | ferocity | fierceness | fight | fighting | flak | friction | hate | hatred | hostilities | hostility | hot war | infighting | irascibility | irritability | jingoism | la guerre | litigiousness | malevolence | malice | malignity | martialism | might of arms | militancy | militarism | military operations | open hostilities | open war | partisan spirit | partisanship | pugnaciousness | pugnacity | quarrelsomeness | repugnance | resort to arms | saber rattling | shooting war | shrewishness | spite | spitefulness | state of war | the sword | total war | truculence | unfriendliness | unpeacefulness | war | warfare | warmaking | warmongering | warpath | warring | wartime

See Also | disagreeableness | enmity | hostility | ill will | truculence | truculency | warpath

Belligerence In Webster's Dictionary

\Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\, n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

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