Meaning of bellicostic | Babel Free

Definitions

Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.

rare

Examples

“Religious papers in those days were much more bellicostic than today, and no spirit of irenic ecumenism prevailed.”

“The first of our overseas, modern imperial wars may long be gone from our thoughts, but abiding questions remain — the role of bellicostic politicians and news media, the reluctant chief executive, the imperialist devotees of Alfred Thayer Mahan in uniform and mufti both, and just why it could not have been avoided.”

“[…] where the range of women's voices move from the celebratory to the bellicostic.”

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