noun
a natural disposition to be hostile
• Syn: ↑aggressiveness, ↑belligerence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑aggressive, ↑belligerent (for: ↑belligerence), ↑aggressive (for: ↑aggressiveness)
• Hypernyms: ↑disagreeableness
• Hyponyms: ↑bellicosity, ↑bellicoseness, ↑truculence, ↑truculency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.