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war-weariness

war-weariness noun: a state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.

Noun

war-weariness (uncountable)

  1. A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.
    • Bouts of war-weariness now began to grip me from time to time, rather after the fashion of bouts of malaria.2013, Molly Lefebure, Murder on the Home Front, →ISBN
  2. Weariness of war.
    • One common imputed cause of this changed attitude toward force in the nineteenth century and the anomalous peace of that century in general is war-weariness.2013, Martha Finnemore, The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force, →ISBN

Forms of war-weariness

alternative formwarweariness

Origin of war-weariness

From war-weary + -ness.

Questions about war-weariness

What does war-weariness mean?
War-weariness means a state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.
What part of speech is war-weariness?
War-weariness is a noun.

Words near war-weariness in the dictionary

  1. war-steamers
  2. war-time
  3. war-torn
  4. war-wearier
  5. war-weariest
  6. war-weariness
  7. war-weary
  8. war-work
  9. war-worker
  10. war-workers
  11. war-zone

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