aggression

CEFRB2

/əˈɡɹɛʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Angry or violent behavior toward another person or group.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

Examples

  • People who are prone to aggression can be dangerous.

  • The research shows that computer games may cause aggression.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The practice or habit of launching attacks.

  2. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

  3. A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.

More examples

In context

  • We have to defend our country from the foreign aggression.

  • Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.

  • 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.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.