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bellicosity
1. Characterized by being in favor of or inclined to start quarrels or wars.
2. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
3. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not. When starting and waging war it is not right that matters, but victory.

—Adolf Hitler, German dictator
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