aggression

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- +‎ -gress +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈɡɹɛʃən/ === Noun === aggression (countable and uncountable, plural aggressions) The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. The practice or habit of launching attacks. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone. (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion. ==== Antonyms ==== nonaggression ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aggress aggressive aggressiveness aggressor ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== aggression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “aggression”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aggression”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Etymology === From French agression, from Latin aggressio. === Noun === aggression c (singular definite aggressionen, plural indefinite aggressioner) aggression ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “aggression” in Den Danske Ordbog == Finnish == === Noun === aggression genitive singular of aggressio