Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aggression

/əˈɡɹɛʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: ag-gres-sion
IPA: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The practice or habit of launching attacks.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression."
"The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: aggression, aggressio

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

aggressions (plural)

Derived Forms

aggressionism aggressionist antiaggression autoaggression counteraggression cyberaggression hyperaggression macroaggression microaggression nanoaggression overaggression unaggression

Phrases

cute aggression cuteness aggression non-aggression axiom non-aggression principle passive-aggression war of aggression

Frequently Paired Words

aggress aggressive aggressiveness aggressor

Synonyms

aggressiveness aggressivity hostility

Antonyms

nonaggression

Rhymes With

session depression expression self-expression possession impression profession succession obsession progression discretion confession

Questions

How do you pronounce aggression?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɡɹɛʃən/.
What does aggression mean?: The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
Where does aggression come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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