# minacity

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.

## Etymology
From Late Latin minacitas, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -itas (“-ity: forming abstract nouns”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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