oppugnant
/əˈpʌɡnənt
/adjective formal
Opposing; antagonistic: extremes and oppugnant minorities
Derivatives
oppugnance
oppugnancy
- In short, one loves being warm in the cold, not being exclusively cold; one loves a certain oppugnancy, and it is fruitful.
oppugnation
Origin
Early 16th century: from Latin oppugnant- 'fighting against', from the verb oppugnare (see oppugn).
Rhymes
- predicant
- predicate
- predicate calculus
- predicateless
- predicate nominative
- predication
- predicational
- predicatival
- predicative
- predicative adjunct
- predicative appositive
- predicative clause
- predicatively
- predicativity
- predicator
- predicatorial
- predicatory
- predicrotic
- predict
- predictability
- predictable
- predictably
- predicter
- prediction
- predictional