MEANING
A hostile readiness to argue or fight.
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Words that belong together
- open belligerence
- belligerence toward
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Open belligerence replaced the courtesy he had offered at the door.
Her belligerence toward the officers made every question harder.
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- Base
- belligerence
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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