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Belligerence occurs when someone expresses their anger in an aggressive, threatening way.
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Belligerence: often accompanied by anger, demonstrations of frustration, peppered with remarks such as, "Leave me alone; it's my problem," or, "You don't understand!"
Darryl Sollerh: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 1: How to Manage an Assignment-Averse Child Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Remedy for Belligerence: Rather than provoking your partner, try to make a repair attempt.
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Belligerence: often accompanied by anger, demonstrations of frustration, peppered with remarks such as, "Leave me alone; it's my problem," or, "You don't understand!"
Darryl Sollerh: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 1: How to Manage an Assignment-Averse Child Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Belligerence: often accompanied by anger, demonstrations of frustration, peppered with remarks such as, "Leave me alone; it's my problem," or, "You don't understand!"
Darryl Sollerh: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 1: How to Manage an Assignment-Averse Child Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Belligerence: often accompanied by anger, demonstrations of frustration, peppered with remarks such as, "Leave me alone; it's my problem," or, "You don't understand!"
Darryl Sollerh: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 1: How to Manage an Assignment-Averse Child Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Belligerence wasn't working very well, so he took another tack and faked a swoon.
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Belligerence for the purposes of Domestic consumption combined with failed Diplomacy (the Republican strategy) does not work very well.
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Belligerence has become a substitute for stubbornness, stubbornness has been a substitute for leadership and impulsive action has been -- has replaced measured and thoughtful response.
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Belligerence toward religious minorities at home has gone hand in hand with a heightened sensitivity to insults, real and imagined, to Islam abroad.
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