pugnacity

From pugnac(ious) +‎ -ity, from Latin pugnacitas.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pʌɡˈnæsəti/

pugnacity (usually uncountable, plural pugnacities)

1. The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
   • 2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 119:

     His sister is out front, cleaning her gun with that intimidating pugnacity that has most of the men in town keeping well clear of her.

• pugnaciousness

• pugnacious
• pugnaciously