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Bloodthirster vs Bellicism - What's the difference?

bloodthirster | bellicism | see also |

Bloodthirster is a see also of bellicism.


As nouns the difference between bloodthirster and bellicism

is that bloodthirster is a person who is bloodthirsty while bellicism is an inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.

bloodthirster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is bloodthirsty

    • bellicism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
  • *1962 , , The Causes of Wars , p. 271:
  • *:One cannot understand the causes of the First World War unless one appreciates the degree of bellicism in European society at that time, especially in Central Europe […].
  • *2003 , Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love , p. 126:
  • *:Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism .
  • *2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 295:
  • *:Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

    • Related terms

    *bellicist *bellicose

    Synonyms

    *militarism

    Antonyms

    *pacifism

    See also

    *possessionism *supremacistic *territorialist *governmentism *supervisionist *powerism *imperialistic *apartheidism *bloodthirster

    References

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism