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AGGRESSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural disposition to be hostile
Synonyms:
aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aggressiveness" is a kind of...):
disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aggressiveness"):
bellicoseness; bellicosity (a natural disposition to fight)
truculence; truculency (obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness)
Derivation:
aggressive (characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being bold and enterprising
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aggressiveness" is a kind of...):
drive (the trait of being highly motivated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aggressiveness"):
competitiveness; fight (an aggressive willingness to compete)
combativeness; militance; militancy (a militant aggressiveness)
intrusiveness; meddlesomeness; officiousness (aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation)
boldness; brass; cheek; face; nerve (impudent aggressiveness)
Derivation:
aggressive (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
Synonyms:
aggression; aggressiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("aggressiveness" is a kind of...):
enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)
Context examples:
CD276, a tumor associated antigen and member of the B7 family of co-stimulatory proteins, suppresses natural killer (NK) cell and cytotoxic T-lymhocyte activation; it is expressed on the cell membranes of a wide variety of tumors of neuroectodermal, mesenchymal and epithelial origin and its expression is associated with increased aggressiveness, poor prognosis and resistance.
(Iodine I 124 Monoclonal Antibody 8H9, NCI Thesaurus)
FACT, a transcription and replication factor composed of the Structure Specific Recognition Protein (SSRP1) and suppressor of Ty 16 (Spt16) proteins, is expressed in a variety of tumor cells while almost absent in normal cells; its expression is associated with increased tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis.
(FACT Complex-targeting Curaxin CBL0137, NCI Thesaurus)
TROP2, also known as epithelial glycoprotein-1 (EGP-1), is a transmembrane calcium signal transducer that is overexpressed by a variety of human epithelial carcinomas; this antigen is involved in the regulation of cell-cell adhesion and its expression is associated with increased cancer growth, aggressiveness and metastasis.
(Anti-TROP-2 Antibody-Drug Conjugate IMMU-132, NCI Thesaurus)
