oppugnant
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of oppugnant
1505–15; < Latin oppugnant- (stem of oppugnāns ), present participle of oppugnāre to oppose. See oppugn, -ant
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He is no boxer as Tunney was a boxer, but he is an oppugnant fighter with a fine disregard for other people's punches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to, and destructive of, the reckless desire to worship, characteristic of semi-barbarism.
From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to and destructive of the desire to worship.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
Rather let us set ourselves to do that for Christ which is most oppugnant to our natural feelings.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
Of course all this effect of oppugnant economical interests is under the guidance of the directors of evolution, who generally have their human servants to masquerade as characters widely different from the true.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
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