Definitions for aggression

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aggression ag·gres·sion

Spelling: [uh-gresh-uh n]

IPA: /əˈgrɛʃ ən/

Aggression is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 725 anagrams from letters in aggression (aegginorss).

Definitions for aggression

noun

1. the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offensive, attack, invasion, or the like:
2. any offensive action, attack, or procedure; an inroad or encroachment:
3. the practice of making assaults or attacks; offensive action in general.
4. Psychiatry. overt or suppressed hostility, either innate or resulting from continued frustration and directed outward or against oneself.

Origin of aggression

1605-15; Latin aggressiōn- (stem of aggressiō), equivalent to aggress(us) (see aggress) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for aggression

This act of aggression produced a storm of public indignation.

His hands outstretched, shoulders in submission, there was no shouting, no expletives, no aggression at all.

This, I repeat, is no argument for the perpetuation of the old ways of aggression.

This land hunger becomes the excuse of nations for their sins of aggression.

KIEV, Ukraine — The symbol of the Ukrainian revolution, the Maidan Square, is seething with bitterness and aggression these days.

If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.

We ought to seek Chinese cooperation in a response to this North Korean act of aggression.

They were not prepared to pledge their neutrality in case of aggression by Germany.

So this is how the world is changing: China is financing Russian aggression.

There was no aggression in the tone, and yet Chip felt a curious chill.