Belligerence

Full definition of belligerence

Noun

1. a state of being belligerent
• 2013, April 9, Andrei Lankov, Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.