bellicist
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An adherent of bellicismAn adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
Meaning
1 sensesAn adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
The bellicist was sure to advocate an end to the policy of appeasement.
Origin
From Latin bellicus (“of or pertaining to war; warlike”), + -ist; possibly adapted from thFrom 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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