English

Noun

bellicism ‎(uncountable)

1. An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
   • 1962, Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars, p. 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, p. 126:

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

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 295:

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

Related terms

• bellicist
• bellicose

Synonyms

• militarism
• warmongerism

Antonyms

• pacifism

See also

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

Translations

References

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism