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US
/əˈɡɹɛʃən/
]
[ UK /ɐɡɹˈɛʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐɡɹˈɛʃən/ ]
NOUN
- deliberately unfriendly behavior
- a disposition to behave aggressively
- violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
- the act of initiating hostilities
- a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
How To Use aggression In A Sentence
- Hatred appears both as aggression towards others and as a striving for self-annihilation.
- Experts attribute the behaviour to 'musth' (a state of heightened testosterone-fuelled aggression in bull elephants). The Times of India
- The decision was uncontroversial, as the Soviet's non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany had precipitated the war.
- They are a legitimate use of force insofar as they are used in defense and retaliation against foreign aggression.
- Such aids amount to economic aggression.
- Verbal aggression is more likely to occur than physical aggression in groups whose members come from middle- or upper-income families.
- We know also that in animals the male hormone, testosterone, is related to dominance and aggression.
- If you have lost enchantment, you are liable to divisiveness, intolerance, and aggression.
- It can also - though by no means always - result in a similar egotism and aggression.
- Watching it, it's got all the fun of a murder mystery musical, but the undercurrent of aggression never lets it slip into the realm of a wispy bagatelle.