Belligerency and Contentious

Belligerency

Belligerency noun - Fighting; acts of overt warfare.
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Contentious and belligerency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Belligerency".

Nearby Word: belligerent

Contentious

Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.

Belligerency and contentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Belligerency" with "Contentious", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Word: contention
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