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ag⋅gres⋅sion

  [uh-gresh-uhn]
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–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: The army is prepared to stop any foreign aggression.
2. any offensive action, attack, or procedure; an inroad or encroachment: an aggression upon one's rights.
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:
1605–15; < L aggressiōn- (s. of aggressiō), equiv. to aggress(us) (see aggress ) + -iōn- -ion

Antonyms:
1. peacefulness.
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ag·gres·sion   (ə-grěsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
  2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
  3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
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Aggression

Ag*gres"sion\, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F. agression.] The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." --Hallam

Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : aggression
Spanish: agresión,
German: der Angriff,
Japanese: 攻撃性
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aggression 
1611, "unprovoked attack," from verb aggress "to approach, to start an argument" (c.1575), from Fr. aggresser, from L.L. aggressare, freq. of L. aggredi (pp. aggressus) "to approach, attack," from ad- "to" + gradi (pp. gressus) "to step," from gradus "a step" (see grade). Psychological sense of "hostile or destructive behavior" first recorded 1912 in A.A. Brill's transl. of Freud. Aggressive first recorded 1824.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ag·gres·sion
Pronunciation: &-'gresh-&n
Function: noun
: hostile, injurious, or destructive behavior or outlook especiallywhen caused by frustration
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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aggression ag·gres·sion (ə-grěsh'ən)
n.
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

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aggression   (ə-grěsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
Behavior that is meant to intimidate or injure an animal of the same species or of a competing species but is not predatory. Aggression may be displayed during mating rituals or to defend territory, as by the erection of fins by fish and feathers by birds.
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