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Definition of agression

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1. aggression [ n ] a disposition to behave aggressively

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(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

Although in both emotions sympathetic symptoms are present , different autonomic somatic patterns underlie aggression and anxiety , respectively , as indicated by the rate of the excretion of the catecholamines , the state of the muscle_tone , and the Mecholyl_test .

Synonyms aggression Related Terms unfriendliness

2. aggression [ n ] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

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(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

After this holocaust , a changing world occupied the minds of men ; a world beset with new boundaries , new treaties and governments , new goals and methods , and the age-old fears of aggression and subjugation - hunger and exposure .

Synonyms aggression hostility Related Terms action violence meat_grinder plundering attack

3. aggression [ n ] a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

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(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Landesco thought him `` just a superior sort of plugugly '' but he was , in_fact , with his aggression and hostility , and nerveless indifference to risking or administering pain , a casebook psychopath .

Synonyms aggressiveness aggression Related Terms hostility

4. aggression [ n ] the act of initiating hostilities

Synonyms aggression Related Terms combat war

5. aggression [ n ] deliberately unfriendly behavior

Synonyms aggression Related Terms behavior bullying raising_hell aggravation self-assertion bitchery

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