PUGNACITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pugnacity mean? 

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

1. a natural disposition to be hostile

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUGNACITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural disposition to be hostile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity

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

disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)

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

bellicoseness; bellicosity (a natural disposition to fight)

truculence; truculency (obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness)

Derivation:

aggressive (characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight)