thuggishnessn.
/ˈθʌɡᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈθəɡɪʃnᵻs/ The quality or character of being thuggish.
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1921 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 18/1 How he brags about his..—what shall I call it?—entire juvenile thuggishness!
1984 J. Melville Death of Daimyo ix. 71 A trace of stubble did wonders to convey an undertone of thuggishness.
2016 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) (Nexis) 16 Nov. The province was..riddled with local mafia groups infamous for their thuggishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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