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Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'
Joe Klein

Meaning of "bellicosity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELLICOSITY

bellicosity  [ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELLICOSITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bellicosity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BELLICOSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bellicosity in the English dictionary

The definition of bellicosity in the dictionary is aggressiveness; propensity to engage in warfare.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELLICOSITY


animosity
ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ
atrocity
əˈtrɒsɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
fabulosity
ˌfæbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
ferocity
fəˈrɒsɪtɪ
generosity
ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ
hircosity
həˈkɒsɪtɪ
jocoseness
dʒəˈkɒsɪtɪ
jocosity
dʒəˈkɒsɪtɪ
luminosity
ˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ
monstrosity
mɒnˈstrɒsɪtɪ
mucosity
mjuːˈkɒsɪtɪ
porosity
pɔːˈrɒsɪtɪ
precocity
prɪˈkɒsɪtɪ
reciprocity
ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ
varicosity
ˌværɪˈkɒsɪtɪ
velocity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ
ventricosity
ˌventrɪˈkɒsɪtɪ
verrucosity
ˌvɛrʊˈkɒsɪtɪ
viscosity
vɪsˈkɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELLICOSITY

belletrist
belletristic
belletristical
bellflower
bellfounder
bellfoundry
bellhanger
bellhop
bellibone
bellicose
bellicosely
bellied
bellies
belligerati
belligerence
belligerency
belligerent
belligerently

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELLICOSITY

adiposity
glutinosity
grandiosity
heterozygosity
homozygosity
hyperviscosity
impetuosity
kinematic viscosity
microporosity
nebulosity
pomposity
religiosity
scrupulosity
serosity
sinuosity
speciosity
tortuosity
university
verbosity
virtuosity
zygosity

Synonyms and antonyms of bellicosity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BELLICOSITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bellicosity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bellicosity

Translation of «bellicosity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELLICOSITY

Find out the translation of bellicosity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bellicosity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bellicosity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

belicosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

bellicosity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लड़ाई का प्रेम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سبتبمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воинственность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

belicosidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হামলাদারিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bellicisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepekaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kriegslust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bellicosity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호전성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người háo chiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரோதபோக்கானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुंडशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kavgacılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bellicosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bellicosity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

войовничість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bellicosity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολεμική διάθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agressie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stridslystnad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bellicosity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bellicosity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLICOSITY»

The term «bellicosity» is normally little used and occupies the 134.010 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLICOSITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bellicosity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bellicosity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bellicosity

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QUOTES WITH «BELLICOSITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bellicosity.
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Joe Klein
Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELLICOSITY»

Discover the use of bellicosity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bellicosity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Incomplete Democratic Transitions, Nationalism, and ...
This dissertation analyzed incomplete democratization in Arab countries using Mansfield and Snyder's argument.
Raymond Peter Robinson (Jr), 2008
2
Hours of Bellicosity
Kimberly Vogel. HOURS OF BELLICOSITY Hours of Bellicosity Kimberly Vogel Copyright © 2011 by Kimberly 1.
Kimberly Vogel, 2011
3
Language, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World
For the British, the American representation of British Bellicosity violated the British conception of itself as a first-rate power. Bellicosity implied an identity as an injudicious, groveling "has-been" rather than as an awe-inspiring "lion." In this  ...
François Debrix, 2003
4
Women and War
Jean Elshtain examines how the myths of Man as "Just Warrior" and Woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate and secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identity as warriors.
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1987
5
Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
But what I emphasize will not be the unit-level factor stressed by most scholars of Roman expansion — exceptional Roman warlikeness and bellicosity. This alleged characteristic of Roman internal society has over the past twenty-five years ...
Arthur M. Eckstein, 2007
6
Erasmus and the Jews
despair,36 ingratitude,37 vengefulness,38 rebelliousness and cruelty.39 A defender of peace, he readily condemns the bellicosity of the Jews,40 although that stems not from the time of the Gospels but from much earlier. However, bellicosity ...
Shimon Markish, 1986
7
Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability
bellicosity. in. northern. Mexico. There is a long history of human activity in the northern region of Mexico which corresponds to modern-day Chihuahua, though drought may have influenced the nature of the livelihood strategies developed by  ...
Georgina H. Endfield, 2011
8
Encyclopedia of violence, peace, and conflict
measures has three categories — absent, mixed, or present — so the bellicosity rating was also made to be a three-part measure: low, mixed, or high. Low- bellicosity alliances ranked lowest (absent) on at least two of three measures.
Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer E. Turpin, 1999
9
Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of ...
His illnesses may not have been psychosomatic at all. Nevertheless, combined with recurrent fevers, rheumatism, and hemorrhaging, they contributed, in the words of one doctor, to Jackson's "frantic bellicosity." Rage against and triumph over ...
Michael Paul Rogin, 1991
10
Why Wars Happen
Why Wars Happen is a groundbreaking inquiry into the crucial yet surprisingly understudied question of why wars occur.
Jeremy Black, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELLICOSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bellicosity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Like a Good Referee, the Next U.S. President Should Be Measured …
Indeed, despite the refreshing balance and decorum be brought to this country's dealings with our allies after the knee-jerk bellicosity of Mr. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Greece has offered Europe an opportunity to redress a fundamental …
In a pact driven by political realities and a desire to defuse the bellicosity of the Franco-German relationship a political currency built on the ... «The42, Jul 15»
3
How Kuwait has overcome its 9/11
... to Kuwait's stance during the war, alongside that of the other GCC states, which was aimed at rooting out Iran's bellicosity and menace. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
4
Going Off-Script in St. Petersburg
As ever, Washington is the silent participant in the scenario, an innocent bystander forced to respond to Slavic bellicosity on behalf of ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
5
Remembering a Revolutionary War veteran
The Keystone State, however, seems to have been an exception in bellicosity. According to Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ... «Observer-Reporter, Jul 15»
6
Fischer picks holes in 'nasho' draw system
The impetus for this was growing regional instability, particularly Indonesian bellicosity towards the new Malaysian federation. But national ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Chinese Sending Waves of People to Pilfer U.S. Tech - Part II
The prospects of such a move are beyond alarming; especially with China's increasing bellicosity. It is widely accepted that Beijing hacked and ... «Top Secret Writers, Jul 15»
8
Books confront moral dimensions of recent wars
With few exceptions, they do not see pacifism as the cure for America's bellicosity in Iraq and Iran. They seem to fall more squarely in the ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
9
The Greek Crisis Is About More Than Money
Given the bellicosity of Russian President Vladimir Putin, it is useful to contemplate what would have happened had Stalin not ceded Greece to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
10
Laxalt sues again!
With characteristic bellicosity and a raft of conclusory statements, Laxalt denounced the president and the administration. His news release ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»

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