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- pronunciation:
gre
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
unprovoked hostile action against a country by another's military forces.
The nation retaliated for its neighbor's aggression by launching missiles.- synonyms:
- offensive
- similar words:
- assault, attack, blitz, charge, foray, invasion, onset, onslaught, siege, thrust
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| definition 2: |
The use of force or violence against another in order to dominate or achieve one's own aims.
Most of all, he feared the aggression of the other prisoners.The researchers believe that violent programming can cause aggression in young children.- synonyms:
- belligerence, belligerency, hostility, militancy
- similar words:
- competitiveness
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| definition 3: |
any offensive action or actions against others.
He was punished for the aggression he committed against the other player.- synonyms:
- assault, attack
- similar words:
- belligerence, invasion, offense
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| related words: |
hostility |
adjective + (n.)aggression
adolescent,
anonymous,
armed,
behavioral,
blatant,
brutal,
communist,
defensive,
direct,
external,
far,
female,
future,
hostile,
imperialist,
increased,
indirect,
instrumental,
male,
naked,
observed,
overt,
passive,
perceived,
physical,
proactive,
reactive,
relational,
sexual,
territorial,
unjust,
unprovoked,
verbal,
violent
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verb + (n.)aggression
commit,
condemn,
confront,
counter,
decrease,
defeat,
deter,
display,
exhibit,
justify,
observe,
peer,
perceive,
prevent,
punish,
rate,
relate,
repel,
resist,
reverse,
reward,
stop,
target,
tolerate
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(n.)aggression
+ verb
anger, associate, correlate, differ, direct, predict
noun + (n.)aggression
abuse,
act,
anger,
anxiety,
attraction,
bullying,
childhood,
coercion,
correlation,
definition,
depression,
dominance,
form,
frustration,
function,
hostility,
interaction,
invasion,
level,
observation,
peer,
pornography,
rape,
rating,
rejection,
resistance,
reward,
sexism,
sport,
target,
tendency,
threat,
trait,
victim,
withdrawal
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The word aggression
contains the following parts:
ag-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ag-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "g." See ad-.
Example words:
gress
Latin
root
that means to walk, go
Example words:
aggress, aggression, aggressive, congress, digress, digression, egress, ingress, progress, progression, regress, retrogress, transgress, transgression
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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