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Noun: belligerence  bu'lijuruns
  1. Hostile or warlike attitude or nature
    - belligerency
     
  2. A natural disposition to be hostile
    - aggressiveness, pugnacity, pugnaciousness

Sounds like: belligerents

Derived forms: belligerences

See also: belligerent

Type of: disagreeableness, enmity, hostility, ill will

Encyclopedia: Belligerence

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