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Definition of Contentiousness
1. Noun. An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeableness
Specialized synonyms: Litigiousness
Derivative terms: Contentious, Quarrelsome
Definition of Contentiousness
1. Noun. The state of being contentious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contentiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contentiousness
Literary usage of Contentiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"Debating not mere contentiousness. Debating, as the term is here used, does not
mean mere contentiousness, — discussion carried on " just for the sake of ..."
2. Principles of Composition by Percy Holmes Boynton (1915)
"Argumentation more than contentiousness. Argument, as already stated, aims to
convince; it is not, therefore, mere contentiousness, which is talking for ..."
3. The Making of Arguments by John Hays Gardiner (1912)
"Argument is not contentiousness, nor is it the good-natured and sociable ...
The difference is that in neither contentiousness nor in kindly dispute do we ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... especially at one of the most critical periods in German history. »mply proves
that something more deep than Luther's contentiousness ..."
5. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1907)
"And if he be supposed to act from contentiousness, the court shall fix a time
during which he shall not be allowed to institute or plead a cause ; and if he ..."
6. A commentary on the first Epistle to the Corinthians by Thomas Charles Edwards (1885)
"The objection is that we can scarcely call contentiousness a custom. ... Some in
Corinth had allowed contentiousness to run into a habit. ..."
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