Martiality

Origin

From English martial + -ity

Full definition of martiality

Noun

1. suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendancy to wage warThe Romans' martiality was much greater than that of its contemporaries.
• 2007 — Vincent Quinn Textual Practice 113: Luxurious SexualitiesHume argued that the new modes of behaviour which developed in a commercial society actually improved the nation's martiality.
• 2002 — Kenneth Muir Shakespeare SurveyAntony and Cleopatra heralds the decline of Roman honour and the shift from martiality to eros,

Synonyms

• bellicosity