aggression (noun)

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• aggression — ► NOUN ▪ hostile or violent behaviour or attitudes. ORIGIN Latin, from aggredi to attack …   English terms dictionary

• aggression — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ naked, open, overt ▪ a display of naked aggression ▪ pent up ▪ ways of releasing pent up aggression ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• aggression — I noun aggressiveness, antagonism, assault, attack, beleaguerment, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, besiegement, combativeness, contentiousness, drive, enterprise, fight, foray, hostility, hustle, illapse, incursion, infringement,… …   Law dictionary

• aggression — noun (U) 1 angry or threatening behaviour or feelings that often result in fighting: Television violence can encourage aggression in children. 2 the act of attacking a country, especially when that country has not attacked first: territorial… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• aggression — (n.) 1610s, unprovoked attack, from Fr. aggression (16c.), from L. aggressionem (nom. aggressio) a going to, an attack, noun of action from pp. stem of aggredi to approach; attack, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + gradi (pp. gressus) to step …   Etymology dictionary

• aggression — noun 1) an act of aggression Syn: hostility, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity, force, violence; pugnacity, pugnaciousness, militancy, warmongering; attack, assault 2) he played the game with unceasing aggression Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• aggression — noun 1) an act of aggression Syn: hostility, belligerence, force, violence, attack 2) he played with unceasing aggression Syn: confidence, self confidence, boldness, determination, forcefulness …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• aggression — noun Etymology: Latin aggression , aggressio attack, from aggredi to attack, from ad + gradi to step, go more at grade Date: 1611 1. a forceful action or procedure (as an unprovoked attack) especially when intended to dominate or master 2. the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aggression — noun hostile or violent behaviour or attitudes. ↘the action of attacking without provocation, especially in beginning a war. Derivatives aggressor noun Origin C17: from L. aggressio(n ), from aggredi to attack , from ad towards + gradi proceed,… …   English new terms dictionary

• aggression — noun a) The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. b) The practice or habit of launching attacks. See Also: aggress, aggressive, aggressiveness, aggressor …   Wiktionary

• aggression — ag|gres|sion [ ə greʃn ] noun uncount ** 1. ) a situation in which one country attacks another: We will unite to defend ourselves against aggression. aggression against: The statement condemned the country s brutal aggression against its neighbor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English