belligerence

English

Noun

belligerence (countable and uncountable, plural belligerences)

1. The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.

Translations

state of being belligerent

• Bulgarian: войнственост (bg) (vojnstvenost)
• German: Streitlust (de) f
• Italian: belligeranza (it) f
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• Japanese: 交戦 (ja) (こうせん, kōsen)
• Polish: wojowniczość (pl) f
• Swedish: stridslystnad c