bellicism
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- (British) IPA: /ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/
bellicism (uncountable)
- An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
- 1962, Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars, page 271:
- 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 […].
- 2003, Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love, page 126:
- Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 295:
- Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].
- French: bellicisme
- German: Bellizismus, Kriegstreiberei
- Italian: bellicismo
- Russian: вои́нственность
- Spanish: belicismo
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