bellicism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin bellic(us) + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].
2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 295:One cannot understand the causes of the First World War unless one appreciates the degree of bellicism in European society at that time, especially in Central Europe […].
1962, Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars, page 271:Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism.
2003, Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love, page 126:
Antonyms
Relateds
bloodthirster · territorialist · governmentism · powerism · apartheidism · supremacistic · bellicose · supervisionist · bellicist · imperialistic · possessionism
Synonyms
militarism · warmongerism · warism · hawkism
Translations (16)
ar عُدْوَانِيَّة (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · pl wojowniczość (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · bg во́йнственост (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · es belicismo (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · de Kriegstreiberei (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · ja 軍国主義 (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · de Bellizismus (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · fi sodan lietsonta (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · cmn 黷武主義 /黩武主义 (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · be ваяўні́часць (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · fr bellicisme (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · ko 군국주의 (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · ro belicism (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · ru вои́нственность (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · it bellicismo (an inclination to war — see also militarism) · uk войовни́чість (an inclination to war — see also militarism)