contentiousness

con·ten·tious

C0599100 (kən-tĕn′shəs)adj.1. Given to contention; quarrelsome. See Synonyms at argumentative.2. Involving or causing contention; controversial: "a central and contentious element of the book" (Tim W. Ferguson).

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con·ten′tious·ly adv.con·ten′tious·ness n.

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contentiousness - an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentiousquarrelsomenessdisagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive dispositionlitigiousness - a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits; "charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury"

contentiousness

noun1. The quality or state of being argumentative:argumentativeness, combativeness, disputatiousness, litigiousness, scrappiness.2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.3. The power or will to fight:bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.4. Hostile behavior:aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, hostility, militance, militancy.