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1. (n.) aggression
the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights.
2. aggression
any offensive action, attack, or procedure; an inroad or encroachment.
3. aggression
the practice of making assaults or attacks; offensive action in general.
4. aggression
hostility toward or attack upon another, whether overt, verbal, or gestural.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L
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1. (noun) aggression
a disposition to behave aggressively
2. (noun) aggression, aggressiveness
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
3. (noun) aggression, hostility
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
4. (noun) aggression
the act of initiating hostilities
5. (noun) aggression
deliberately unfriendly behavior
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1. (noun) aggression
a feeling that leads to angry or violent behavior
aggression in young children
2. aggression
violent actions by one group toward another
war and other acts of aggression
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) aggression
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."
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. aggression
A form of behavior which leads to self-assertion; it may arise from innate drives and/or a response to frustration; may be manifested by destructive and attacking behavior, by covert attitudes of hostility and obstructionism, or by healthy self-expressive drive to mastery. (Dorland 27th ed)
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Sense: (a feeling of) hostility.
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 Afrikaans: aggressie |
 Arabic: عُدْوَان، إعْتِدَاء |
 Bulgarian: агресия |
 Brazilian: agressão |
 Czech: agrese,útok |
 German: der Angriff |
 Danish: aggression |
 Greek: επιθετική στάση |
 Spanish: agresión |
 Estonian: kallaletung, vaenulikkus |
 Farsi: خشونت |
 Finnish: aggressio |
 French: agression |
 Hebrew: תוֹקפָּנוּת |
 Hindi: आक्रमण |
 Croatian: agresija |
 Hungarian: agresszió |
 Indonesian: rasa permusuhan, serangan |
 Icelandic: ágengni, árásargirni |
 Italian: aggressione |
 Japanese: 攻撃性 |
 Korean: 공격 |
 Lithuanian: agresija |
 Latvian: agresija |
 Malay: keagresifan |
 Dutch: agressie |
 Norwegian: aggresjon |
 Polish: agresja |
 Persian: خشونت |
 Pashto: ظلم |
 Portuguese: agressão |
 Romanian: agresiune |
 Russian: агрессия |
 Slovak: agresia,útok |
 Slovenian: sovražnost |
 Serbian: agresija |
 Swedish: aggression |
 Thai: การบุกรุก |
 Turkish: saldırı, saldırganlık |
 Taiwanese: 侵犯 |
 Ukrainian: напад, агресія |
 Urdu: جوروظلم |
 Vietnamese: thái độ gây gổ; cuộc xâm |
 Chinese: 侵犯 |
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