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单词 oppugnation
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oppugnationn.

Brit. /ˌɒpʌɡˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɑpəɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s oppugnacion, 1500s oppugnacyon, 1500s– oppugnation; also Scottish pre-1700 oppugnacioun, pre-1700 oppugnatioun.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin oppugnātiōn-, oppugnātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin oppugnātiōn-, oppugnātiō an attack, assault, in post-classical Latin also in figurative use (5th cent.) < oppugnāt- , past participial stem of oppugnāre oppugn v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French †oppugnation assault (1530; earlier as oppugnacion in apparently isolated attestation (1352–6)), Italian oppugnazione (14th cent.; now literary).
Now rare. The action or an act of oppugning.
1. The action of attacking, assaulting, or besieging; an attack, assault, or siege. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking
assailing1340
offencec1395
overrunning?a1425
saulting1490
oppugnation1524
oppugning1535
offension1542
affronture1549
grassation1610
aggression1630
attacking1657
strafing1915
whoop-ass1974
1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. avv The grete syege, cruell oppugnacyon, & pyteous takynge of ye noble and renowmed [sic] cyte of Rodes.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 341 To defend the vane oppugnacioun and segeing of thare wallis.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 129 To the oppugnacion of Turkishe and infidell enemyes.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 185 Hither was the greatest bulk of the oppugnation brought.
1809 T. G. Fessenden Pills 8 The folly of the gun boat system of oppugnation is rendered..evident by the following examination of the subject.
2. gen. Verbal, mental, or practical opposition or obstruction; an instance of this. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 10 This subtle reasoner concludeth the oppugnation of the maior.
1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson ii. 78 To the oppugnation of it they neuer yet to this houre alledged any one direct scripture.
1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxx. 75 [They] spend their liues and labours in oppugnation of him.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 387 An open and profess'd Contradiction or Oppugnation.
1795 J. Sullivan Hist. Maine 54 The Spaniards and Portuguese..considered all attempts of this nature..as a vile oppugnation of ecclesiastical authority.
1874 H. W. Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 5 393 Do you think I feel oppugnation toward them?
a1924 M. Ghose Perseus Gorgon-Slayer in Coll. Poems (1970) i. 17 I..meet from your partial minds, that are but parts, Blind, moody oppugnation, hindrance dark.
1962 Amer. Hist. Rev. 67 300 Historical writers have pursued the subject of the United States and the Second World War,..not without polemics, oppugnation, prejudice.., and personal pain.
1995 U.S. Banker (Nexis) Sept. (Point of View section) 6 It's my opinion that opposition to an open financial seaices [sic] marketplace..is primarily motivated by entrenched economic interests, and this oppugnation will eventually be overcome by the political process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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