About The Word Aggression

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Aggression

Aggression Meaning & Definition
Aggression Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aggression?

[n] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
[n] deliberately unfriendly behavior
[n] the act of initiating hostilities
[n] a disposition to behave aggressively
[n] a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aggression: aggressiveness | hostility

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aggression: adventuresomeness | adventurousness | aggravated assault | aggressiveness | ambitiousness | amphibious attack | antagonism | armed assault | assailing | assailment | assault | attack | banzai attack | bellicism | bellicosity | belligerence | belligerency | blitz | blitzkrieg | breakthrough | charge | chauvinism | combativeness | contentiousness | counterattack | counteroffensive | coup de main | crippling attack | dead set at | descent on | diversion | diversionary attack | drive | dynamism | encroachment | enterprise | enterprisingness | ferocity | fierceness | fight | flank attack | force | forcefulness | frontal attack | gas attack | getup | get-up-and-get | get-up-and-go | go | go-ahead | go-getting | go-to-itiveness | gumption | head-on attack | hostility | hustle | incursion | infiltration | initiative | inroad | invasion | irruption | jingoism | lightning attack | lightning war | martialism | mass attack | megadeath | militancy | militarism | mugging | offense | offensive | onset | onslaught | overkill | panzer warfare | pugnaciousness | pugnacity | push | pushfulness | pushiness | pushingness | quarrelsomeness | raid | run against | run at | rush | saber rattling | sally | shock tactics | sortie | spirit | spunk | strike | truculence | unfriendliness | unpeacefulness | unprovoked assault | up-and-comingness | venturesomeness | venturousness | warmongering | warpath

See Also | action | aggravation | armed combat | behavior | behaviour | bitchery | bullying | combat | conduct | doings | enmity | force | hell raising | hostility | ill will | intimidation | irritation | meat grinder | pillage | pillaging | plundering | provocation | raising hell | self-assertion | unfriendliness | violence | war | warfare

Aggression In Webster's Dictionary

\Ag*gres"sion\, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F. agression.] The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. ``Aggressions of power.'' --Hallam Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.

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