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An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
From Latin bellic(us) + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عُدْوَانِيَّة
(ʕudwāniyya)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Belarusian:
ваяўні́часць
(vajawníčascʹ)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Bulgarian:
во́йнственост
(vójnstvenost)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Chinese Mandarin:
黷武主義 /黩武主义
(dúwǔzhǔyì)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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French:
bellicisme
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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German:
Bellizismus
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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German:
Kriegstreiberei
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Italian:
bellicismo
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Japanese:
軍国主義
(gunkokushugi)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Korean:
군국주의
(gun'gukjuui)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Polish:
wojowniczość
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Romanian:
belicism
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Russian:
вои́нственность
(voínstvennostʹ)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Spanish:
belicismo
— an inclination to war — see also militarism
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Ukrainian:
войовни́чість
(vojovnýčistʹ)
— an inclination to war — see also militarism