pugnaciousness

noun

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  1. aggression
  2. belligerence
  3. truculence
  4. belligerency
  5. scrappiness
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  • The armor is part of Taiwan's broader efforts to strengthen its defenses amid increasing military aggression from China.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This is an aggression to look at someone with desire.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of aggression
Noun
  • Leaders in Europe have repeatedly warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression would not just stop at Ukraine, as maps by Newsweek show potential flashpoints if Moscow were to take its belligerence further on the continent.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Homan displays the sort of belligerence that attracts Trump, but a big question is how far the border czar will go to carry out his mandate.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of belligerence
Noun
  • Its approach to union organizing activity may not be entirely welcoming, but seems to lack the truculence and hostility shown by retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Other international powers are showing even less patience for Israeli truculence.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of truculence
Noun
  • Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
  • Credibility requires consistency, not belligerency.
    Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Definition of belligerency
Noun
  • This scrappiness paid off when delivery became a table stakes channel in the past year.
    Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The unselfishness and scrappiness of the Golden Eagles is reminiscent of those teams coached by Al McGuire in halcyon days.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
Definition of scrappiness
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