Meanings
nounpolemomania (uncountable)
- rareuncountableAn obsession with, or craving for, war.
Indeed, at the thought of the “giant liar,” the poet is seized with a sort of polemomania.
1874, “Mr. Tennyson's Social Philosophy”, in The Fortnightly, volume 21, page 243Synonyms: bellicosity, martialness, warlikeness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn obsession with, or craving for, war.
Origin
By surface analysis, polemo- + -mania.
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