contentiousness
Tendency toward disputes
Contentiousness is the quality of being argumentative or likely to provoke disagreement.
A person's contentiousness makes them difficult to work with; an issue's contentiousness makes it hard to discuss calmly.
The contentiousness of the debate surprised everyone.
The word often signals that conflict is expected or unavoidable.
Disposition to dispute
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- quarrelsomenessDisposition toward frequent disputes
- disputatiousnessFondness for verbal combat
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
truculence · obstinacy · stubbornness · provocativeness · contrarianism · perversity · irritability · irascibility
Verbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- discordLack of agreement
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionStretched or strained state
strife · clash · quarrel · hostility · antagonism · animosity · acrimony · dissension
Systematic reasoning process
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- polemicsArt of controversial argument
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- dialecticsReasoning through contradiction
controversy · deliberation · discourse · forensics · oratory · rebuttal · cross-examination · persuasion
Legal dispute process
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- complaintExpression of discontent
allegation · lawsuit · plaintiff · defendant · settlement · adjudication · counterclaim · injunction
argumentativeness
Disposition to dispute
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- quarrelsomenessDisposition toward frequent disputes
- disputatiousnessFondness for verbal combat
cantankerousness · truculence · obstinacy · stubbornness · provocativeness · contrarianism · perversity · irritability · irascibility · bellicosity
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- discordLack of agreement
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
tension · strife · clash · quarrel · hostility · antagonism · animosity · acrimony · dissension · polarization
argumentation
Systematic reasoning process
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- polemicsArt of controversial argument
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
dialectics · controversy · deliberation · discourse · forensics · oratory · rebuttal · cross-examination · persuasion · reasoning
litigation
Legal dispute process
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
complaint · allegation · lawsuit · plaintiff · defendant · settlement · adjudication · counterclaim · injunction · jurisdiction
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
contentiousnessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
amiability · affability · geniality · cordiality · friendliness
contentiousnesspeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
pacifism · harmony · nonaggression · nonconfrontation · peacekeeping
contentiousnessamenability
Readiness to yield
complaisance · acquiescence · cooperativeness · tractability · docility
contender, contend, contention, contentious, contending, contentions, uncontentious, contentiously, noncontentious