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bellicist

bellicist noun: an adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.

Noun

bellicist (plural bellicists)

  1. An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
    • The bellicist was sure to advocate an end to the policy of appeasement.
    • Or, if you deem that that word connotes non-resistance, though to the immense bulk of Pacifists it does not, you would be an anti-Bellicist, to use a dreadful word coined by M. Emile Faguet in the discussion of this matter. [Refers to the book: Émile Faguet, Le Pacifisme (French), 1908.]1912, Norman Angell, Peace Theories and the Balkan War, page 19

Adjective

bellicist (comparative more bellicist, superlative most bellicist)

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

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Forms of bellicist

Noun
pluralbellicists
Adjective
comparativemore bellicist
superlativemost bellicist

Origin of bellicist

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

Questions about bellicist

What does bellicist mean?
Bellicist means an adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
What part of speech is bellicist?
Bellicist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of bellicist?
The plural of bellicist is bellicists.

Words near bellicist in the dictionary

  1. Belliards
  2. bellibone
  3. bellibones
  4. bellic
  5. bellicism
  6. bellicist
  7. bellicistic
  8. bellicists
  9. bellicose
  10. bellicosely
  11. bellicoseness

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