📚 noun • entry_id 50009
bellicism
/ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
belicismo
An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
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 […].
Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism.
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