What does "oppugnancy" mean?

The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance

What is a synonym for "oppugnancy"?

Common synonyms include: antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, backlash, bad blood, collision.

Pronounced //əˈpʌɡnən(t)si//.

/əˈpʌɡnən(t)si/ noun

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Noun

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The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance archaic, countable, uncountable
"Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy […]"

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

Borrowed from Late Latin oppugnantia or formed anew from oppugnant + -cy.