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Pugilism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. fighting with fists, boxing

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The art or practice of boxing or fighting with the fists.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. fighting with the fists

Word Usage

"It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

contact sport

Hyponym

professional boxing fight sparring spar rope-a-dope

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