Noun: belligerency bu'li-ju-run(t)-see
- Hostile or warlike attitude or nature
"His belligerency in the meeting led to a heated argument";
- belligerence
- Fighting; acts of overt warfare
"the outbreak of belligerency";
- hostilities
Derived forms: belligerencies
Type of: armed combat, combat, enmity, hostility, ill will
Encyclopedia: Belligerency