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TRUCULENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does truculence mean?
• TRUCULENCE (noun)
The noun TRUCULENCE has 1 sense:
1. obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Familiarity information: TRUCULENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
truculence; truculency
Hypernyms ("truculence" is a kind of...):
aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity (a natural disposition to be hostile)
Derivation:
truculent (defiantly aggressive)
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