disputatiousness
- noun
- /ˌdɪspjuˈteɪʃənəs/
- She was known for her disputatiousness, always eager to argue her stance on various issues.
Examples
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His disputatiousness often led to heated debates during meetings, frustrating his colleagues.
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Her disputatiousness often led to heated debates.
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Her disputatiousness made group discussions lively but sometimes exhausting for others.
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The manager grew tired of his constant disputatiousness during team meetings.
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A certain level of disputatiousness can be useful in a debate club.
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The disputatiousness of the committee members was evident during the meeting.
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The disputatiousness of the students was evident as they challenged each other's viewpoints in class.
Synonyms
A habit of arguing and causing disagreement
A willingness to argue or fight
A strong willingness to argue or fight
A tendency to argue a lot with other people
A tendency to argue with others
A habit of starting arguments or fights
Antonyms
How Disputatious
Surface Forms
Morphology
disputatiousness = disputatious (semi-transparent) = dis + putat + ious + ness
The suffix '-ness' clearly indicates the state or quality of being disputatious.
Etymology
Disputatiousness comes from the everyday word dispute, which means 'argue' or 'debate'. The ending -atious is like -ous and means 'full of', and the ending -ness makes it 'the quality of', so disputatiousness is the 'quality of being likely to argue'.