oppugnancy
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His not trying his improved scull-cap is an exquisite trait of human character, founded on the oppugnancy of the soul in such a state to any disturbance by doubt of its own broodings.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
O surer than suspicion's hundred eyes Is that fine sense, which, to the pure in heart, By mere oppugnancy of their own goodness.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
He indeed pushed himself into the front place by dint of copious verbosity, and militant oppugnancy.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various
Sunder it Thou, who all behold'st so clear, Nor heed the stubborn will's oppugnancy.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
There seems a mere oppugnancy of nature between the two, and yet both were, in different ways, the dupes of their own imaginations.
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
