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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.
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Word Origin & History
aggression
1610s, "unprovoked attack," from verb aggress "to approach, to start an argument" (1570s), 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).
EXPAND Psychological sense of "hostile or destructive behavior" first recorded 1912 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud.
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Medical Dictionary
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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