martiality

plural martialities

1. suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendency to wage war

   The Romans' martiality was much greater than that of its contemporaries.

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   2007 — Vincent Quinn Textual Practice 113: Luxurious Sexualities Hume argued that the new modes of behaviour which developed in a commercial society actually improved the nation's martiality.

   Antony and Cleopatra heralds the decline of Roman honour and the shift from martiality to eros,

   2002, Shakespeare Survey, Kenneth Muir

   Synonyms: bellicosity