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Bellicist

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.

Noun

1
An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
"The bellicist was sure to advocate an end to the policy of appeasement."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin bellicus (“of or pertaining to war; warlike”), + -ist; possibly adapted from the French neologism belliciste (about Bismarck, 1871; in Émile Faguet, 1908).

Etymology 2

From Latin bellicus (“of or pertaining to war; warlike”), + -ist; possibly adapted from the French neologism belliciste (about Bismarck, 1871; in Émile Faguet, 1908).

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