Oppugnancy
//əˈpʌɡnən(t)si// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 […]"
Example
More examples"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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