different between bellicose vs bellicism

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin bellicosus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l?ko?s/, /?b?l?ko?s/

Adjective

bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)

1. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).

2. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:combative

Antonyms

• pacific

Related terms

• antebellum
• bellicosity
• bellicism
• belligerent
• Bellona
• postbellum
• rebel
• rebellion

Coordinate terms

• trigger-happy
• warmonger

Translations

Italian

Adjective

bellicose f pl

1. feminine plural of bellicoso

Latin

Adjective

bellic?se

1. vocative masculine singular of bellic?sus

References

• bellicose in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Latin bellic(us) +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?l?s?zm?/

Noun

bellicism (uncountable)

1. An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 295:

     Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

Synonyms

• militarism
• warmongerism

Antonyms

• pacifism

Related terms

• bellicist
• bellicose

Translations

See also

• possessionism
• supremacistic
• territorialist
• governmentism
• supervisionist
• powerism
• imperialistic
• apartheidism
• bloodthirster

References

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism