aggression

aggression
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. offense, attack, war, invasion; belligerence. See contention.Ant., pacification.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An attack]
Syn. offensive, assault, invasion; see attack 1 .
2. [Aggressive behavior]
Syn. aggressiveness, belligerence, hostility, combativeness, pugnacity, militancy, bellicosity, quarrelsomeness, militarism, warmongering, drive, forcefulness, fight*, push*, pushiness*, feistiness*, killer instinct*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. assault attack, offensive, raid, invasion, blitzkrieg.
2. hostility offensive-ness, violence, belligerence, combativeness, pugnaciousness, fight. ''An innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man . . . it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.''—Sigmund Freud.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of attacking: assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, strike. See ATTACK. 2. Hostile behavior: aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy. See ATTACK.

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