aggression
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] 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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Synonyms 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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
Synonyms 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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] deliberately unfriendly behavior
Related terms behavior bullying raising_hell aggravation self-assertion bitchery |
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