aggression
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aggression
- /əˈɡɹɛʃən/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.
noun aggressions
- The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
- The practice or habit of launching attacks.
- Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility.
- A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
- The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
Similar: aggressiveness, aggressivity · Opposite: nonaggression
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aggressiveness, hostility, aggressor, attacking, invasive, assault, attack, invade, encroachment, aggressive, onslaught, mugging, violence, bullying, provocation, infringement
noun
Similar: aggressiveness, aggressivity · Opposite: nonaggression
Translations
Every language
noun act of initiating hostilities or invasion
| Español | agresión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 침략 chimnyak |
| 日本語 | 侵略 shinryaku |
| 中文 | 侵略 qīnlüè |
| Português | agressão |
| Français | agression |
| Deutsch | Aggression, Angriff |
| Italiano | aggressione |
| Ελληνικά | επιθετικότητα epithetikótita |
| Română | agresiune |
| Русский | агре́ссия agréssija, нападе́ние napadénije |
| Tiếng Việt | xâm lược |
| العربية | عُدْوَان ʕudwān |
| עברית | תּוֹקְפָנוּת tokfanút |
noun the practice or habit of launching attacks
| 한국어 | 침략 chimnyak |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 侵略 shinryaku |
| 中文 | 侵略 qīnlüè |
| Português | agressão |
| Français | agression |
| Deutsch | Aggression |
| Italiano | aggressione |
| Română | agresiune |
| Русский | агре́ссия agréssija, агресси́вность agressívnostʹ |
| العربية | عِدْوَان ʕidwān |
noun hostile or destructive behavior or actions
| Español | agresión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 공격 gonggyeok |
| 日本語 | 攻撃 kōgeki |
| 中文 | 攻擊 /攻击 gōngjī, gōngjí |
| Português | agressão |
| Français | agression |
| Deutsch | Aggression |
| Italiano | aggressione |
| Ελληνικά | επιθετικότητα epithetikótita |
| Română | agresiune |
| Русский | агре́ссия agréssija, нападе́ние napadénije |
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