Etymology

bellicist

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Today it means: An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war. Full definition →

Latin bellicus
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  1. Latin · derived frombellicus“of or pertaining to war; warlike”
  2. English todaybellicist

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

Words from the same roots

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