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oppugnancy|əˈpʌgnənsɪ| [f. as prec.: see -ancy.] The quality or state of being oppugnant; opposition, antagonism, contrariety, conflict.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. iii. 111 Vn-tune that string, And harke what Discord followes: each thing meetes In meere oppugnancie. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. vi. v. 373 Such a Confusion, Oppugnancy, and Riot of Colours. 1824Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 227 Whatever is placed in active and direct oppugnancy to the good is, ipso facto, positive evil. 1892W. Watson in Academy 9 Apr. 341/2 Involving no strife of ideas, no oppugnancy of principles. |