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LITIGIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
Example:
charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("litigiousness" is a kind of...):
contentiousness; quarrelsomeness (an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious)
Derivation:
litigious (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits)
litigious (of or relating to litigation)