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contentiousness
[kuhn-ten-shuhs] 
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contentiousness
[kuhn-ten-shuhs]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggressiveness |
| Synonyms: | aggression, argumentativeness, bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, disagreeableness, fight, hostility, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | bellicoseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, antagonism, argumentativeness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, combativity, contentiousness, hostility, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | bellicosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, antagonism, argumentativeness, bellicoseness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, combativity, contentiousness, hostility, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | belligerence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, antagonism, argumentativeness, bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, combativity, contentiousness, hostility, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | belligerency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, antagonism, argumentativeness, bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, combativity, contentiousness, hostility, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | combativeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belligerence |
| Synonyms: | aggression, aggressiveness, bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerency, contentiousness, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, scrappiness, truculence, truculency |
| Main Entry: | disputatiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argumentativeness |
| Synonyms: | belligerence, cantankerousness, combativeness, contentiousness, litigiousness, quarrelsomeness |
| Main Entry: | litigiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argumentativeness |
| Synonyms: | belligerent, combative, combativeness, contentious, contentiousness, contrary, controversial, disputatious, disputatiousness, factious, fire-eating, having a chip on one's shoulder, litigious, opinionated, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappiness, scrappy, spiky, touchy |
| Main Entry: | militance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggression |
| Synonyms: | aggressiveness, antagonism, belligerence, belligerency, blitz, combativeness, contentiousness, destructiveness, fight, hostility, militancy, pugnacity, push* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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