oppugnancy

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/əˈpʌɡnən(t)si/

noun

The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance

OriginLate Latin oppugnantia →
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Meanings

nounoppugnancy (countable and uncountable, plural oppugnancies)

plural oppugnancies

  1. archaiccountableuncountablehigher registerThe act of oppugning; opposition; resistance

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

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

Origin

  1. Late Latinoppugnantia
  2. Englishoppugnancy

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

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APA

oppugnancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppugnancy

MLA

“oppugnancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppugnancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oppugnancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppugnancy.

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