Definition of agression
1. aggression [ n ] a disposition to behave aggressively
Used in print:(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 unfriendliness2. aggression [ n ] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Used in print:(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 attack3. aggression [ n ] a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
Used in print:(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 hostility4. aggression [ n ] the act of initiating hostilities
Synonyms aggression Related Terms combat war5. aggression [ n ] deliberately unfriendly behavior
Synonyms aggression Related Terms behavior bullying raising_hell aggravation self-assertion bitcherySimilar Spelling
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