CONTENTIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contentiousness mean? 

• CONTENTIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun CONTENTIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious

  Familiarity information: CONTENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTENTIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

contentiousness; quarrelsomeness

Hypernyms ("contentiousness" is a kind of...):

disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contentiousness"):

litigiousness (a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits)

Derivation:

contentious (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits)