combativityn.
/kɒmbəˈtɪvɪti//kʌmbəˈtɪvɪti/ The quality or character of being combative.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness
contentiousness1573
pugnacity1605
quarrel1605
quarrelsomenessa1631
pugnaciousness1681
termagancy1708
combativeness1815
fire-eating1890
combativity1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 8/3 He has less..uncompromising combativity than his predecessor.
1925 Spectator 5 Dec. 1019/2 The innate and eternal combativity of the human race.
1930 W. Lewis Apes of God ix. 266 Head on one side, face puckered to its utmost of bantering combativity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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