2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike
conflict; warfare.
Syn: hostilities.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
belligerence — 1814; see BELLIGERENT (Cf. belligerent) + ENCE (Cf. ence). Related: belligerency … Etymology dictionary
belligerence — (also belligerency) ► NOUN ▪ aggressive or warlike behaviour … English terms dictionary
belligerence — [bə lij′ər əns] n. a belligerent or aggressively hostile attitude, nature, or quality … English World dictionary
belligerence — noun Date: 1814 an aggressive or truculent attitude, atmosphere, or disposition … New Collegiate Dictionary
belligerence — /beuh lij euhr euhns/, n. 1. a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude. 2. an act of carrying on war; warfare. [1805 15; BELLIGER(ENT) + ENCE] * * * … Universalium
belligerence — noun a state of being belligerent … Wiktionary
belligerence — Synonyms and related words: aggression, aggressiveness, all out war, antagonism, antipathy, appeal to arms, argumentativeness, armed combat, armed conflict, attack, battle, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerency, bickering, bloodshed, chauvinism,… … Moby Thesaurus
belligerence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
belligerence — bel·lig·er·ence || bɪ lɪdÊ’É™rÉ™ns n. warlike attitude, aggressiveness; hostility … English contemporary dictionary
belligerence — [bə lɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)ns] (also belligerency) noun aggressive or warlike behaviour … English new terms dictionary
