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combativity|kɒmbəˈtɪvɪtɪ, kʌm-|
[-ity. Probably coined to avoid the phrenological association of combativeness.]
The quality or character of being combative.
1905Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 8/3 He has less..uncompromising combativity than his predecessor. 1925Spectator 5 Dec. 1019/2 The innate and eternal combativity of the human race. 1930Wyndham Lewis Apes of God ix. 266 Head on one side, face puckered to its utmost of bantering combativity. |