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Combativeness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character or quality of being combative; disposition to contend or fight; pugnacity. By phrenologists the word is used to designate one of the propensities. See cut under phrenology.
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  • noun. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.
  • noun. A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.
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  • noun. the state of being combative
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  • noun. a militant aggressiveness
    • Word Usage
    "By taking away what the phrenologists call combativeness, we could doubtless stop prize-fight, but we might have a springless society."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggressiveness  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    scrappiness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acquisitiveness  blatancy  creativeness  denunciatory  doubt  
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