oppugnant
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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 Bradlaugh, Charles
The tendency is even among Christians to depreciate that which goes on independent of themselves and in a way oppugnant to their personal taste.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Here he encounters the oppugnant back of the voracious ROBERT, who grows quite annoyed.
From The Servant in the House by Kennedy, Charles Rann
There have been, from the earliest period of the world, two different, and oppugnant, doctrines of man—his place, rights, duties and relations.
From Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City by Beecher, Henry Ward
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