disputatiousnessn.
The quality of being disputatious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > quality of
disputacity1660
disputatiousness1681
argumentativeness1731
controversialism1822
disputativeness1836
controversionalism1858
1681 Whole Duty of Nations 3 A scrupulosity, and Disputatiousness about Externals and Forms in Religion.
1796 C. Lamb Let. 28 Oct. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 56 But enough of this spirit of disputatiousness.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. 360 The inherent disputatiousness and perversity..of bodies of men.
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