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Bellicosity is the characteristic of being bellicose - warlike and aggressive in nature.

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Bellicosity is the characteristic of being bellicose - warlike and aggressive in nature.

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Bellicosity, verbosity, atrocity,

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Jingo is a derogatory term for an extreme patriot, someone who advocates aggressive and warlike foreign policy to assert their country's power. It can also refer to a person who displays excessive nationalism and bellicosity.

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The suffix is -ty. "Animus" is the original Latin root, meaning "spirit" and the -ty is the suffix (which creates a noun denoting a condition) -- thus the new word, "animosity." It is similar to the words bellicosity (from "bellus") and verbosity (from "verbum").

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noun
noun: aggression
hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.
"his chin was jutting with aggression"

synonyms:hostility, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity, force, violence; More
pugnacity, pugnaciousness, militancy, warmongering;
attack, assault
"an act of aggression"
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