n.
[L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité.]
Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. « A national pugnacity of character.» Motley.
pugnacity
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- Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, truculence, truculency. See attack/defend.
- The power or will to fight: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, truculence, truculency. See conflict/cooperation.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a disposition to fight
Synonyms: aggressiveness, contentiousness, belligerence, quarrelsomeness
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