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BELLICOSENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bellicoseness mean?
• BELLICOSENESS (noun)
The noun BELLICOSENESS has 1 sense:
1. a natural disposition to fight
Familiarity information: BELLICOSENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural disposition to fight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bellicoseness; bellicosity
Hypernyms ("bellicoseness" is a kind of...):
aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity (a natural disposition to be hostile)
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