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COMBATIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A militant aggressiveness
Synonyms:
combativeness; militance; militancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("combativeness" is a kind of...):
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combativeness"):
scrappiness (the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious)
Derivation:
combative (having or showing a ready disposition to fight)
combative (striving to overcome in argument)
