oppugnancy

oppugnancy

English

Etymology

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Noun

oppugnancy (countable and uncountable, plural oppugnancies)

1. The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance
   • Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (act 1, scene 3)

     Take but degree away, untune that string,
     And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets
     In mere oppugnancy […]

See also

• oppugnant