combativeness

Questions about combativeness

What does combativeness mean?

combativeness means "a militant aggressiveness".

How many syllables are in combativeness?

combativeness has 4 syllables: com-bativ-e-ness. The stress falls on "bativ". In IPA it is /kəmˈbætɪvnəs/.

What is another word for combativeness?

Close synonyms include militance, militancy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combativeness a common word?

combativeness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.