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pugnacity

[ puhg-nas-i-tee ]

noun

  1. readiness to quarrel or fight; combative or argumentative character:

    She was always defending him against the fallout from his pugnacity and lack of social graces.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pugnacity1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin ±è³Ü²µ²ÔÄ峦¾±³ÙÄå²õ “combativeness,†equivalent to ±è³Ü²µ²ÔÄ峦¾±-, stem of ±è³Ü²µ²ÔÄå³æ “combative†+ -³ÙÄå²õ -ty 2( def )
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But while the political press were busy recoiling like salted slugs on a hot sidewalk over his vulgar pugnacity during the town hall, Mr. Trump was working side deals directly with voters.

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What counts is pugnacity, acting out and blind, unswerving allegiance to the party line.

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He had better pick up his pace of invectives if he wants to compete in the Republican pugnacity sweepstakes.

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Republicans will be forced to articulate an agenda beyond retrospective grievances and prospective pugnacity, and Democrats will be at first speechless, then forced to defend their agenda.

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It was a pugnacity that analysts said could help establish him as a political threat to Vladimir Putin despite his professed fealty to the Russian president.

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