COMBATIVENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A militant aggressiveness

Synonyms:

combativeness; militance; militancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("combativeness" is a kind of...):

aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combativeness"):

scrappiness (the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious)

Derivation:

combative (having or showing a ready disposition to fight)

combative (striving to overcome in argument)