warlikeness

warlikeness

(ˈwɔːˌlaɪknəs)
n
(Military) the state of being warlike
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Second, while their rationales changed over the centuries and their "warlikeness" was sometimes questioned, privateers were nevertheless fundamentally on the offensive.