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belligerence

/bəˈlɪdʒərəns/noun

उच्चारण बलिजरन्स

झगड़ालूपन, युद्ध-प्रियता, आक्रामकता

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noun
  1. 1

    [U] formal

    the quality of being unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight

    झगड़ालूपन, युद्ध-प्रियता, आक्रामकता

    • His belligerence made him unpopular with his colleagues.
    • The country's belligerence worried its neighbours.

    Synonyms aggression hostility pugnacity combativeness

    Opposite friendliness peacefulness conciliation

◇Word family
belligerent adjectivebelligerent nounbelligerently adverb
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⌂Word origin and word building

From Latin bellum, meaning 'war', also seen in bellicose and antebellum.

यह Latin शब्द bellum से बना है, जिसका अर्थ 'युद्ध' है और यही bellicose तथा antebellum में भी दिखता है।