noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun

1. 1
   An obsession with, or craving for, war. rare, uncountable

   "Indeed, at the thought of the “giant liar,” the poet is seized with a sort of polemomania."

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bellicositybellicositymartialnessmartialnesswarlikenesswarlikeness

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"Indeed, at the thought of the “giant liar,” the poet is seized with a sort of polemomania."

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