belligerence

Other forms of belligerence

plural

belligerences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belligerence

What does belligerence mean?

belligerence means "hostile or warlike attitude or nature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belligerence?

belligerence has 4 syllables: bel-lig-e-rence. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /bəˈlɪdʒɚəns/.

What is another word for belligerence?

Close synonyms include belligerency, aggressiveness, pugnacity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belligerence a common word?

belligerence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.