Synonyms for aggressiveness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-gres-iv

Phonetic Transcription : əˈgrɛs ɪv

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hostile behavior

Définition of aggressiveness

Origin : 1791, from Latin aggress-, past participle stem of aggredi (see aggression) + -ive. In psychological use from 1913, first in translations of Freud. Related: Aggressively; aggressiveness.

noun aggression

Example sentences :

May it teach them some lessons of restraint as well as of aggressiveness!
Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe

These wars in the South were incited by the insolence and aggressiveness of the Americans.
Extract from : « The Indian Today » by Charles A. Eastman

His boldness and aggressiveness were unique in the history of Indian warfare.
Extract from : « The Indian Today » by Charles A. Eastman

Now her stinging tongue was dumb, and there was no aggressiveness in her manner.
Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart

Madame's husband instantly showed a diminution of aggressiveness.
Extract from : « Love at Paddington » by W. Pett Ridge

Nervousness is often confused with aggressiveness, initiative, confidence.
Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen

The percept has an aggressiveness which does not belong to the image.
Extract from : « The Analysis of Mind » by Bertrand Russell

There was no question on our part of aggressiveness or self-interest.
Extract from : « The Russian Turmoil » by Anton Ivanovich Denikin

To deny the existence of the German or other aggressiveness?
Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell

There was no cruelty in his strength and no revenge in his aggressiveness.
Extract from : « Cyrus Hall McCormick » by Herbert Newton Casson

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