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AGGRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Synonyms:
aggression; hostility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("aggression" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aggression"):
meat grinder (any action resulting in injury or destruction)
force; violence (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists))
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
Derivation:
aggress (take the initiative and go on the offensive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deliberately unfriendly behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("aggression" is a kind of...):
behavior; behaviour; conduct; doings (manner of acting or controlling yourself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aggression"):
aggravation; irritation; provocation (unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment)
bitchery (aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman)
bullying; intimidation (the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something)
hell raising; raising hell (making trouble just for the fun of it)
self-assertion (the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of initiating hostilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("aggression" is a kind of...):
armed combat; combat (an engagement fought between two military forces)
Holonyms ("aggression" is a part of...):
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Derivation:
aggress (take the initiative and go on the offensive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A disposition to behave aggressively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aggression" is a kind of...):
unfriendliness (an unfriendly disposition)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
Synonyms:
aggression; aggressiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("aggression" is a kind of...):
enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)
