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pugnacity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /pʌɡˈnæsəti/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a natural disposition to be hostile

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aggressiveness, belligerence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disagreeableness

Narrower terms: bellicosity, bellicoseness, truculence, truculency

History

Etymology

From Latin pugnacitas (whence -acity).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: wojowniczość — act or quality of being pugnacious
  • Polish: awanturniczość — act or quality of being pugnacious
  • Polish: zadzierzystość — act or quality of being pugnacious
  • Polish: zadziorność — act or quality of being pugnacious
  • Polish: zawadiackość — act or quality of being pugnacious
  • Polish: czupurność — act or quality of being pugnacious