Look up: aggression

1. Aggression
   Anger or aggression is a key emotion necessary to our personal survival in our environment. In psychology it is understood from a biological point of view. The hormonal hypothesis regards aggression suggests that the male sex hormone androgen (testosterone) plays its part. As do other hormones such ...
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2. aggression
   [n] - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack 2. [n] - a disposition to behave aggressively 3. [n] - the act of initiating hostilities 4. [n] - deliberately unfriendly behavior 5. [n] - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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3. aggression
   In politics, an unprovoked attack often involving an escalating series of threats aimed at intimidating an opponent. The actions of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, leading to World War...
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4. aggression
   use of armed forces by a State against the sovereignty or political independence of another State Category: Defense
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5. Aggression
   Ag·gres'sion noun [ Latin aggressio , from aggredi : confer French 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 ...
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6. aggression
   A form of behaviour which leads to self-assertion; it may arise from innate drives and/or a response to frustration; may be manifested by destructive and attacking behaviour, by covert attitudes of hostility and obstructionism, or by healthy self-expressive drive to mastery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. aggression
   noun a disposition to behave aggressively
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8. aggression
   aggressiveness noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
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9. aggression
   hostility noun violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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10. Aggression
    • (n.) 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.`
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11. aggression
    in international relations, an act or policy of expansion carried out by one state at the expense of another by means of an unprovoked military ... [4 related articles]
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12. aggression
    aggression 1. Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. 2. Deliberately unfriendly behavior. 3. The act of initiating hostilities. 4. A disposition to behave aggressively. 5. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. 6. Aggression against another country is an approach toward it in a hostile manner.
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13. Aggression
    Aggression, in its broadest sense, is behavior, or a disposition, that is forceful, hostile or attacking. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In narrower definitions that are used in social sciences and behavioral sciences, aggression is an intention to cause harm or an act i...
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14. Aggression
    [poker] In the game of poker, opens and raises are considered aggressive plays, while calls and checks are considered passive (though a check-raise would be considered a very aggressive play). It is said that "aggression has its own value", meaning that often aggressive plays can make money ...
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15. Aggression
    Any form of behavior that is intended to harm or injure some person, oneself, or an object.
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16. aggression
    aggression, a form of behavior characterized by physical or verbal attack. It may appear either appropriate and self-protective, even constructive, as in healthy self-assertiveness, or inappropriate and destructive. Aggression may be directed outward, against others, or inward, against the self, lea...
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17. aggression
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-gre′shŭn Definitions: 1. A domineering, forceful, or assaultive verbal or physical action intended to hurt another animal or person; the verbal or motor behavioral expression of the affects of anger, hostility, or rage. 2. Invasive behavior, as of a pathogenic organism or disease process. &n...
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18. aggression
    (biology) In biology, behaviour used to intimidate or injure another organism (of the same or of a different species), usually for the purposes of gaining territory, a mate, or food. Aggression often involves an escalating series of threats aimed at intimidating an opponent without having to e...
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19. Aggression
    Cats that are aggressive can be very dangerous and veterinary advice should be sought if a cat is persistently aggressive towards people. There are many different causes of aggressive behaviour ranging from fear, to over-exuberant play.
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20. Aggression
    Performing an aggressive act against another pilot and therefore triggering an agression timer
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