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How to pronounce combativeness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms militance, militancy
Type of aggressiveness
Has types scrappiness
Derivation combative

Examples of combativeness

combativeness
George Kerr, too, still has the optimism and combativeness of a much younger man.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Last week, however, he displayed a streak of combativeness worthy of a samurai.
From the time.com
Like Watters, he has become concerned about the combativeness at council meetings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Civic leaders have responded to the crisis with their customary combativeness.
From the time.com
I liked his combativeness, his skill as a debater, his quick intelligence.
From the washingtonpost.com
Haynesworth pays a price in stamina for his massive size and combativeness.
From the washingtonpost.com
Little remains of his combativeness or his enthusiasm for physical fitness.
From the infowars.com
Sloan just wants the combativeness they've demonstrated to be infectious.
From the washingtonpost.com
I don't think he realizes just how offensive and hurtful his verbal combativeness can be.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • A militant aggressiveness
  • In psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression (also called combativeness) refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause pain or harm. ...
  • The state of being combative
  • Can be good if sufficiently socialised