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Contentiousness   /kəntˈɛnʃəsnəs/   Listen
Contentiousness

noun
1.
An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious.  Synonym: quarrelsomeness.






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"Contentiousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... cultivate procedure of a type more urbane. Let your very reasonableness be the most potent weapon you wield. To this end you should form the habit of looking for good points on both sides of a question. As a still further precaution against contentiousness you should uphold the two ...
— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... It stated that this society had hitherto been sustained and fostered by the papal see, on acccount of its signal usefulness and the eminent piety of its members. But of late, the brotherhood had manifested a spirit of contentiousness amongst themselves, as well as toward other orders, organizations, and universities; and had thereby fallen under the displeasure of the princes from whom they had ...
— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach



Words linked to "Contentiousness" :   disagreeableness, contentious, litigiousness, quarrelsomeness



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