war-weariness

noun

A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.

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Meanings

nounwar-weariness (uncountable)

alternative warweariness

  1. uncountableA state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.

    Bouts of war-weariness now began to grip me from time to time, rather after the fashion of bouts of malaria.

    2013, Molly Lefebure, Murder on the Home Front, →ISBN
  2. uncountableWeariness of war.

    One common imputed cause of this changed attitude toward force in the nineteenth century and the anomalous peace of that century in general is war-weariness.

    2013, Martha Finnemore, The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force, →ISBN

Origin

From war-weary + -ness.

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APA

war-weariness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war-weariness

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“war-weariness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war-weariness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “war-weariness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war-weariness.

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