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oppugnant

[ uh-puhg-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. opposing; antagonistic; contrary.


oppugnant

/ əˈʌɡəԳ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    combative, antagonistic, or contrary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DZˈܲԲԳٱ, adverb
  • DZˈܲԲԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • DZ·ܲn· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of oppugnant1

1505–15; < Latin oppugnant- (stem of DZܲԲ ), present participle of DZܲ to oppose. See oppugn, -ant
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Example Sentences

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The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to, and destructive of, the reckless desire to worship, characteristic of semi-barbarism.

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He could have taken another, an oppugnant stand, as many a familiar confederate did.

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Of course all this effect of oppugnant economical interests is under the guidance of the directors of evolution, who generally have their human servants to masquerade as characters widely different from the true.

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The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to and destructive of the desire to worship.

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He is no boxer as Tunney was a boxer, but he is an oppugnant fighter with a fine disregard for other people's punches.

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