noun
Meaning 1
The state of being combative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
combativeness
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noun
Meaning 2
a militant aggressiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: militance, militancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aggressiveness
Narrower terms: scrappiness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English combative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English combativeness From combative + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: strijdvaardigheid — Translations
- Dutch: strijdlustigheid — Translations
- Finnish: riidanhaluisuus — Translations
- Finnish: taistelunhaluisuus — Translations
- Finnish: taistelutahtoisuus — Translations
- French: combativité — Translations
- French: combattivité — Translations
- German: Kampfbereitschaft — Translations
- Italian: combattività — Translations
- Polish: waleczność — Translations
- Polish: wojowniczość — Translations
- Spanish: combatividad — Translations
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