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Pugnacity

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pug·na·cious  (pg-nshs)
adj.
Combative in nature; belligerent. See Synonyms at belligerent.
[From Latin pugnx, pugnc-, from pugnre, to fight, from pugnus, fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
pug·nacious·ly adv.
pug·nacious·ness, pug·naci·ty (-ns-t) n.
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Noun1.pugnacity - a natural disposition to be hostile
belligerence, aggressiveness
disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
bellicoseness, bellicosity - a natural disposition to fight
truculence, truculency - obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
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I don't know how it is, but since my imprisonment I feel a strange and almost irresistible pugnacity.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Very much indeed of what we call moral education, he said, is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and suppressed sexuality into religious emotion.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
His tone had taken on that shade of pugnacity which suggested to his sister that some personal grievance drove him to take the line he did.
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