argumentativenessn.
The quality of being argumentative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > quality of
disputacity1660
disputatiousness1681
argumentativeness1731
controversialism1822
disputativeness1836
controversionalism1858
1731 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 41/1 A state of windy argumentativeness.
1882 Daily News 8 Mar. 2/1 Public business in the House of Commons was delayed by unprecedented argumentativeness at private business time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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