Aggression

See also Aggression

English

Wikipedia

File:Killer Chihuahua.jpg

A Chihuahua displaying aggressive behaviour

Etymology

From Latin aggressio < aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“‘to approach, address, attack’”).

Noun

Singular Aggression

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Aggression ({{{1}}})

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

Derived terms

• war of aggression

Related terms

• aggress
• aggressive
• aggressiveness
• aggressor

Translations

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion

Albanian: agresion sq(sq) m. Arabic: عدوان ar(ar) (`idwaan) m. Armenian: ագրեսիա hy(hy) (agresia) Bulgarian: агресия bg(bg), нападение bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 侵略 cmn(cmn) (qīnlüè) Crimean Tatar: tecavuz, agressiya Dutch: agressie nl(nl) Esperanto: agreso eo(eo) French: aggression fr(fr) f. Galician: agresión gl(gl) f. German: Aggression de(de) f.

Greek: επιθετικότητα el(el) (epithetikótita) f. Italian: aggressione it(it) Japanese: 侵略 (shinryaku) Kurdish: ده‌س درێژی Latvian: agresija lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: agrèsija lt(lt) f. Portuguese: agressão pt(pt) f. Russian: агрессия ru(ru) (agréssija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: агрѐсија f. Roman: agrèsija f. Spanish: agresión es(es) f.

The practice or habit of launching attacks

Arabic: عدوان ar(ar) (`idwaan) m. Bulgarian: агресивност bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 侵略 cmn(cmn) (qīnlüè) Crimean Tatar: tecavuz, agressiya Croatian: agresija hr(hr) f.

Dutch: agressie nl(nl) French: aggression fr(fr) f. German: Aggression de(de) f. Italian: aggressione it(it) Japanese: 侵略 (shinryaku) Russian: агрессия ru(ru) (agréssija) f.

Hostile or destructive behavior or actions

Armenian: ագրեսիա hy(hy) (agresia) Crimean Tatar: tecavuz, agressiya Croatian: agresija hr(hr) f. French: aggression fr(fr) f. German: Aggression de(de) f. Greek: επιθετικότητα el(el) (epithetikótita) f.

Italian: aggressione it(it) Japanese: 攻撃 (kōgeki) Navajo: hashké nídzin Russian: агрессия ru(ru) (agréssija) Scottish Gaelic: miann còmhraig gd(gd) m. and f.

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Hebrew: תוקפנות (toqpanut)

Korean: hangul: 침략 romaja: chimnyag Latin: aggressio nominative, aggressionis genitive Maltese: aggressjoni Spanish: agresión

External links

• Aggression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Aggression in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Finnish

Noun

aggression

1. Genitive singular form of aggressio.

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