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Another word for belligerency

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A state of open, prolonged fighting:
conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, war, warfare. See conflict
Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See attack
Hostile behavior:
aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy. See attack
The power or will to fight:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See conflict

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It dwelt at length upon such topics as the premature recognition of belligerency, the unfriendly utterances of British politicians and the material assistance afforded to the Confederates by British traders.

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