combativeness

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Phrenologists divided the brain into 37 regions, each corresponding to a trait: combativeness, cautiousness, benevolence, individuality and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Others enjoy his combativeness and respect his temperament, the one that involves more an inability than an unwillingness to give up.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

Introducing the 688-page biography this way seems designed to address Musk’s recent turn towards combativeness and cruelty — if not justifying it, then offering a skeleton key to understanding where it’s rooted.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed his alarm over recent combativeness in the disputed waters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

My own speaking would sometimes take on an edge of combativeness.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson