aggression

nouncommon in dialogue

United States//əˈɡɹɛʃən//

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

noun

1
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
2
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3
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.
4
A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
5
The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.

Forms

plural: aggressions

Agent · A surname.ages · A long time.aggravated · Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.

aggression · The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

aggressive · Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to…agh · An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration aging · The process of becoming older or more mature.

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