martiality

English

Etymology

From martial +‎ -ity.

Noun

martiality (plural martialities)

1. suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendency to wage war

   The Romans' martiality was much greater than that of its contemporaries.

   • 2007 — Vincent Quinn Textual Practice 113: Luxurious Sexualities

     Hume argued that the new modes of behaviour which developed in a commercial society actually improved the nation's martiality.

   • 2002, Shakespeare Survey, Kenneth Muir:

     Antony and Cleopatra heralds the decline of Roman honour and the shift from martiality to eros,

Synonyms

• bellicosity

Anagrams

• maritality