aggressivenessn.
/əˈɡrɛsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈɡrɛsᵻvnᵻs/ The quality of being aggressive (in any sense).
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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > disposition to attack
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who > disposition of
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [noun] > act of hostility > hostile attack > disposition towards
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supermania1905
aggro1969
1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. July 52 It is in order to perpetuate the religion of the people, keeping up the same aggressiveness of operation, which first originated the religion of the people.
1859 Bentley's Q. Rev. No. 3. 24 To secure Europe from the insatiable aggressiveness of France.
1881 D. Masson Carlyle in Macmillan's Mag. 45 154 His fearlessness and aggressiveness in speech.
1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics viii. 68 It appears more than probable that, for instance, certain psycho-physical types are predisposed to callous and tireless aggressiveness.
1989 Lancet 13 May 1053/1 Transfection with ras-oncogenes will enhance the aggressiveness of..tumours with a low metastatic potential.
2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Dec. 92/2 Behind the aggressiveness and fluent profanity..is also a kind and sensitive man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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