"belligerence" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-belligerence.wav Forms: belligerences [plural]
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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Violence, War Synonyms: belligerency 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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