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Belligerence   /bəlˈɪdʒərəns/   Listen
Belligerence

noun
1.
Hostile or warlike attitude or nature.  Synonym: belligerency.
2.
A natural disposition to be hostile.  Synonyms: aggressiveness, pugnacity.





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"Belligerence" Quotes from Famous Books



... qualities that seemed almost equally certain. These spacemen apparently lacked belligerence; there had been no sign of hostility through all the years. They were seemingly ...
— The Flying Saucers are Real • Donald Keyhoe
... absently, felt a sudden belligerence toward her father. "He ought to have his head punched good and plenty!" ...
— The Long Shadow • B. M. Bower


Words linked to "Belligerence" :   truculency, bellicosity, warpath, truculence, hostility, ill will, bellicoseness, enmity, disagreeableness, belligerent


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