Why this word is great
BELLIGERENCE — [Noun] An aggressive or warlike attitude, inclination, or behavior. From belligerent, from Latin belligerant-, belligerans (present participle of belligerare "to wage war"), from bellum ("war") + gerere ("to wage, carry on"), with the suffix -ence forming a noun of state or quality. Unlike bellicosity, which emphasizes an inherent, quarrelsome temperament, or pugnacity, which suggests a petty, ready-to-fight brawling, belligerence is the formal posture of conflict made manifest—a sustained hostility that presupposes an enemy. It is the low rumble of tanks moving into position on a border, the cold, bureaucratic language of an ultimatum delivered across a polished table, and the rigid, unflagged silence between two nations that have recalled their ambassadors. It is hostility not as a reflex, but as a chosen and settled architecture, awaiting only a spark.