aggression
See also: Aggression
English
Etymology
From French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
aggression (countable and uncountable, plural aggressions)
- The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
- 2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine[1]:
- Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
- The practice or habit of launching attacks.
- Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
- 2018, Michael Cottakis – LSE, “Colliding worlds: Donald Trump and the European Union”, in LSE's blog[2]:
- 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.
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Translations
act of initiating hostilities or invasion
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the practice or habit of launching attacks
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hostile or destructive behavior or actions
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Further reading
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- “aggression”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aggression”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish
Noun
aggression c (singular definite aggressionen, plural indefinite aggressioner)
Declension
Declension of aggression
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | aggression | aggressionen | aggressioner | aggressionerne |
genitive | aggressions | aggressionens | aggressioners | aggressionernes |
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Finnish
Noun
aggression
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