contentious
adjective
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome.
contentiousness
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a word derived from
contentious.
Example Sentences
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Pizza always amuses me with its contentiousness among certain types of home cooks — the flour, the oven, the hydration, so many absolute rights and wrongs.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Now the contentiousness that drove that decision has become clear in legal filings that detail how those works came to be at the center of a bitter dispute within the Early family.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Some NFL owners remain skeptical that Snyder can be convinced to sell the franchise voluntarily and are girding for further contentiousness with him, a person with direct knowledge of the owners’ deliberations said last week.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Maybe it was inevitable, but there’s already been some contentiousness over the short track speedskating results.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
I said, “It looks then as though the natural contentiousness of people had died. But I don’t believe that. It’ll just take another channel. Can you think, sir, of what that channel might be?”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
