In this way I probably developed the strain of argumentativeness, or perhaps combativeness, which has always remained with me.
"Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie"
Andrew Carnegie
argumentativeness in women was a detestable vice, in his opinion, for it meant everything but what the word itself etymologically did.
"The Sign of the Spider"
Bertram Mitford
Abigail's argumentativeness made me turn to Dorothy.
"Children of the Market Place"
Edgar Lee Masters