pugnacity

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pugnacity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pugnacity \Pug*nac"i*ty\, n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F.
     pugnacit['e].]
     Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. " A
     national pugnacity of character." --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]

pugnacity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pugnacity
      n 1: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness,
           belligerence, pugnacity]