aggression
/əˈɡɹɛʃən/ noun
Forms aggressions
- noun The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
- noun The practice or habit of launching attacks.
- noun Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
- noun A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
- noun (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
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Etymology
From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “aggression”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details