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pugilism

/ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪzəm/

pugilism noun: fighting with fists.

Noun

pugilism (countable and uncountable, plural pugilisms)

  1. Fighting with fists.
    Synonyms:
    boxing

pugilism meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

pugilism in Urdu

مکہ بازی

pugilism in Malayalam

prizefighting, boxing, bare-knuckle boxing
ബാഹുയുദ്ധം, മല്പിടിത്തം, മല്ല്, ഗുസ്തി, മറം, മല്ലയുദ്ധം

Synonyms of pugilism

Forms of pugilism

pluralpugilisms

Origin of pugilism

From Latin pugil (“fist”) + -ism, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European roots. Compare contemporary pugilist (“boxer”), 1790.

Questions about pugilism

What does pugilism mean?
Pugilism means fighting with fists.
What is pugilism in Urdu?
Pugilism in Urdu is مکہ بازی. See Pugilism meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is pugilism?
Pugilism is a noun.
How do you pronounce pugilism?
Pugilism is pronounced /ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪzəm/.
What is the plural of pugilism?
The plural of pugilism is pugilisms.

Words near pugilism in the dictionary

  1. pugholes
  2. pugil
  3. pugil stick
  4. pugil sticks
  5. pugilant
  6. pugilism
  7. pugilisms
  8. pugilist
  9. pugilistic
  10. pugilistical
  11. pugilistically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pugilism (page history and authors); pugilism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pugilism (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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