soldierliness
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soldierliness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being soldierly.
- 2023 January 24, James Angelos, “Can Germany Be a Great Military Power Again?”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
- Across much of the world, soldierliness is considered a virtue and fighting for one’s country a natural way to serve it. Less so in Germany, where the use of military power often raises uncomfortable associations with the country’s Nazi past.