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warweariness

warweariness is the alternative form of war-weariness.

Meaning of war-weariness

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

Questions about warweariness

What is warweariness the alternative form of?
Warweariness is the alternative form of war-weariness.

Words near warweariness in the dictionary

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  2. warwalking
  3. warwards
  4. warwearier
  5. warweariest
  6. warweariness
  7. warweary
  8. Warwick
  9. Warwick Farm
  10. warwickite
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