pugnaciousness
nounEtymology From pugnacious + -ness.
1
The act or quality of being pugnacious.
- The pugnaciousness and jingoism that arose in the wake of Brexit normalised politics-by-separatism and a kind of permanent contempt for the people who didn’t vote for you.2025 October 6, Nesrine Malik, “Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy”, in The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- aggressiveness, combativeness, pugnacity
- Related terms
- pugnacious, pugnaciously