oppugnance
UK/əˈpʌɡnəns/
oppugnance noun: dislike, aversion, animus; opposition: the fact, condition, or instance of being at variance, opposed, hostile, or adverse.
Noun
oppugnance (countable and uncountable, plural oppugnances)
- Dislike, aversion, animus; opposition: the fact, condition, or instance of being at variance, opposed, hostile, or adverse.
- Whence then proceeds this strong oppugnance to / My faire proposition, efflagitation? if from your hate?1657, G. G. D'Ouvilly, The False Favourite Disgrac'd, London, act III, scene 1, page 58
- Power lodged absolutely by God[…]in the hands of Mortality, would really be an absurdity of the first magnitude; insomuch as, by constantly and unavoidably turning out despotic and tyrannical, it would daily and hourly rise up in oppugnance to Himself, his sovereign dominion and supreme...1775, Layman, Strictures, Miscellaneous and Comparative, on the Churches of Rome, England and Scotland, Dublin: A. Kilburn, pages 334–335
- Synonyms:
- dislike, animosity, aversion, animus, opposition, resistance, contrariety, contrariness, discrepancy
Synonyms of oppugnance
Forms of oppugnance
| plural | oppugnances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | oppugnacy |
| alternative form | oppugnancy |
| alternative form | oppugnation |
Questions about oppugnance
- What does oppugnance mean?
- Oppugnance means dislike, aversion, animus; opposition: the fact, condition, or instance of being at variance, opposed, hostile, or adverse.
- What part of speech is oppugnance?
- Oppugnance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oppugnance?
- Oppugnance is pronounced /əˈpʌɡnəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oppugnance?
- The plural of oppugnance is oppugnances.
Words near oppugnance in the dictionary
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