pugnacity
- n a natural disposition to be hostile
- His ancestors were Hakka, the Chinese tribesmen who migrated from northern China to Fujian and have a reputation for pugnacity and clannishness.
- To many Iranians, Ahmadinejad's strategy of confrontation and refusal to compromise reflects the regime's unease as much as its pugnacity.
- McCain hasn't always sided with the neocons he opposed torture, wants to close down Guantnamo but his pugnacity seems a natural fit with theirs.