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Oppugnancy

//əˈpʌɡnən(t)si// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 […]"

Etymology

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

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