bellicism

English

Etymology

From Latin bellic(us) +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/

Noun

bellicism (uncountable)

1. An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
   • 1962, Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars, page 271:

     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 […].

   • 2003, Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love, page 126:

     Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 295:

     Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

Synonyms

• hawkism
• militarism
• warism
• warmongerism

Antonyms

• pacifism

Related terms

• bellicist
• bellicose

Translations

an inclination to war — see also militarism

Arabic: عُدْوَانِيَّة f (ʕudwāniyya) Belarusian: ваяўні́часць f (vajawníčascʹ) Bulgarian: во́йнственост (bg) f (vójnstvenost) Chinese: Mandarin: 黷武主義 / 黩武主义 (zh) (dúwǔzhǔyì) French: bellicisme (fr) m German: Bellizismus (de) m, Kriegstreiberei (de) f Italian: bellicismo (it) m Japanese: 軍国主義 (ja) (ぐんこくしゅぎ, gunkokushugi) Korean: 군국주의(軍國主義) (ko) (gun'gukjuui) Polish: wojowniczość (pl) f Romanian: belicism n Russian: вои́нственность (ru) f (voínstvennostʹ) Spanish: belicismo m Ukrainian: войовни́чість f (vojovnýčistʹ)

See also

• possessionism
• supremacistic
• territorialist
• governmentism
• supervisionist
• powerism
• imperialistic
• apartheidism
• bloodthirster

References

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism