contention (n.)
- altercation
- antagonism
- antipathy
- antithesis
- apologetics
- apologia
- apology
- argument
- argumentation
- belligerence
- belligerent
- bicker
- bickering
- brawl
- broil
- carping
- casuistry
- challenge
- clash
- collision
- conflict
- confrontation
- contestation
- contradiction
- contrariety
- contrary
- contrast
- contravention
- controversy
- counteraction
- crosscurrent
- crossing
- defense
- denial
- difference
- discord
- discordance
- disharmony
- disputation
- dispute
- dissension
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- embroilment
- enmity
- faultfinding
- feud
- fight
- fracas
- friction
- froward
- fuss
- hassle
- hate
- hatred
- hostility
- hubbub
- hurrah
- imbroglio
- incompatibility
- inharmoniousness
- jangle
- jar
- litigation
- logomachy
- malevolence
- malice
- malignity
- militant
- mischief
- negation
- opposition
- polarity
- polarization
- polemic
- polemics
- quarrel
- quarrelsomeness
- rebuttal
- refusal
- rejection
- repugnance
- resistance
- rhubarb
- rub
- rumpus
- set-to
- snarl
- spat
- spite
- spitefulness
- squabble
- strife
- tension
- tiff
- traversal
- tussle
- undercurrent
- unpleasantness
- variance
- vendetta
- words
- wrangle
- wrangling
A man of strife and a man of contention.