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combativity

  • a word derived from combative.
    combative
    adjective
    ready or inclined to fight; pugnacious.

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And the Dutchman revealed afterwards that he had embarked on the two-man expedition because team-mate Rickaert had a dream that he has now achieved after winning the day's combativity award.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

Whatever the motivation of the celebration, it was not the end of Messi's combativity.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

He added a second daily combativity award to his prize from Tuesday.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2020

Romain Bardet, keeping the polka dot jersey warm for Froome, has been given the combativity award.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2015

Nor is it only in play that the connection between love and combativity may still be traced.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis