'Belligerency' definitions:
Definition of 'belligerency'
(from WordNet)
noun
Hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency]
noun
Fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: hostilities, belligerency]
Definition of 'Belligerency'
From: GCIDE
- Belligerence \Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\, n. The quality of being belligerent. [1913 Webster]
- 2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.
- Syn: hostilities. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]