"belligerence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-belligerence.wav [US] Forms: belligerences [plural], belligerency [alternative]
Etymology: From belligerent + -ence. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|belligerent|ence}} belligerent + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} belligerence (countable and uncountable, plural belligerences)
  1. The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war or violence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being belligerent): войнственост (vojnstvenost) (Bulgarian), bojovnost [feminine] (Czech), útočnost [feminine] (Czech), belligérance [feminine] (French), hargne [feminine] (French), Streitlust [feminine] (German), belligeranza [feminine] (Italian), 交戦 (kōsen) (alt: こうせん) (Japanese), wojowniczość [feminine] (Polish), beligerância [feminine] (Portuguese), beligeranță [feminine] (Romanian), beligerancia [feminine] (Spanish), stridslystnad [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A feeling of aggression and hostility, characterized by an urge for confrontation and provocation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-belligerence-en-noun-1KyzPzhM

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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