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pugnac(ious) +‎ -ity, from Latin pugnacitas.

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pugnacity (usually uncountable, plural pugnacities)

  1. The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
    • 2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 119:
      His sister is out front, cleaning her gun with that intimidating pugnacity that has most of the men in town keeping well clear of her.

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