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aggression

noun

  1. overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or unpleasantness
  2. a forceful action/manner
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Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/

noun

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.

  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.