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bellicist

The English word “bellicist” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.

adjective

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

Etymology

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

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